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This Question May Sound Stupid But

May 30, 2006 2:57PM PDT

I'm getting a second hard drive installed and this question may sound stupid but here it is. Am I going to have to worry about Spyware getting onto to my second hard drive????

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(NT) (NT) Yup
May 30, 2006 10:57PM PDT
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No Real Answer
May 31, 2006 12:03AM PDT

Sorry, but I don't understande your answer!

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Spyware on your second hard drive...
May 31, 2006 12:55AM PDT

Basically, you have to keep spyware off of your computer... And if you add another hard drive, it becomes part of your computer...

While physically, the spyware probably generally resides on the drive with your operating system, favorites and cookies, when you scan for spyware and virus's, I would not exclude the second hard drive... I would scan it as well...

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Thanks For The Info
May 31, 2006 1:04AM PDT

Thanks For The Info!!!!
I really don't like hearing that! My second drive is going to be 200GB. It takes over an hour to scan for spyware on my 80GB hard drive. It really is going to take forever now!!!!

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(NT) (NT) Take another look, it answers the question you asked
Jun 1, 2006 12:00PM PDT