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Re:Ask HN: Grandma's computer compromised by scammer, how to... by stillusingvb6 on Friday May 27, 2016 @09:01PM (#11790143)
The bootloader resides in the hard drive so if the bootloader is infected, it will get transferred to ram at boot. Ram cannot contain a virus, you are wasting your time by replacing it.
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