Running UVK against external hard drives only

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ssavoy
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Running UVK against external hard drives only

Post by ssavoy »

Hello,

I just ran across UVK for the first time and I can hardly believe my eyes. I am very interested in using this software, however I do have one question.

If I take a hard drive from a seriously infected computer and connect it to my computer as an external hard drive - can I run UVK against the external hard drive ONLY and not have it run against my C drive?

Thank you!
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Re: Running UVK against external hard drives only

Post by Fred »

Hi ssavoy, A bit late to reply but I'll do it anyway.

Welcome to the forums.

I think UVk will not be very helpful to identify malware in an offline HD. Apart using it to install/run mbam and SAS, configuring them to scan the external drive, and use the file tools in the UVK tools section to analyze and delete some specific files, I don't see any other thing it may help you with.

However, it can be very helpful after you delete the infected files offline and put back the drive.
One thing we humans have in common is that we are all different. So, if you think you're weird because you're different from everyone else, then we are all weird.

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