A few months ago my old laptop broke (graphics card), now i wanted to install the 500 gb ssd in a pc without any hard drive, but i received a letter from telekom that i downloaded a virus while the laptop was running now i wanted to ask, if there's actually a virus on the ssd, whether i can plug it into my pc and scan for the virus without the virus being "activated", because i need the hard drive at the moment.
If you have a running computer, you can first connect the disk as an additional drive, and then scan it externally with a scanner.
Before use, delete, recreate and format the partition. You're pretty much on the safe side with that.
I received a letter from telekom that i downloaded a virus while the laptop was running
Anger
I'm assuming that he needs the things on there…
It should have been spam.
I don't, as it wasn't mentioned. Simply booting a notebook system disk into a PC is not a good idea anyway.
That is the only explanation I can come up with.
"Virus here, we really Telecom, please buy anti-virus program here"
How did you get a letter from Telekom that you had downloaded a virus?!
Show me the writing. I want to see it
Otherwise: Install in PC. Install WIn10 with a USB stick and delete all partitions during the installation and then press "continue", then viruses are killed, unless it is a very stubborn Trojan, in which case the SSD may even be unusable
What does that have to do with anger?
Wut → what?
Should he need the things on it, that doesn't mean he wants to boot from it. There are other files as well.
By post? = D
unfortunately still the best explanation ^^
As I said, he unfortunately did not describe his project in more detail.
This guessing leads nowhere.
The fact is: there are enough use cases between "hard drive can be formatted" and "I want to boot the operating system from the hard drive and continue using it".
The questions are public and there may be others who are interested in the answers. I don't want to give them the impression that data from a laptop to a PC can't be used because you shouldn't boot the laptop hard drive on the PC. This argument is very weak.
Gosh…
THE PC HAS NO PLATE INSTALLED!
What does he want to boot from?
Yes.
I would be embarrassed, but watch out:
You can also install Windows on part of the hard drive without deleting the data that you otherwise need (if you only have one hard drive and there are important files on it, this is a possible solution).
It's good that we mentioned that here, maybe it will be of use to whom
If you no longer need the data, you can format the hard drive completely before installing the new operating system (Windows?). Then all data and viruses are gone. Since the PC starts from CD or USB stick for installation, the virus is not even read from the hard drive. Then simply format the hard disk completely in the installation menu.
You should also be embarrassed to confuse the questioner by including so many contingencies. Or comes next that it could be that the PC only has IDE connections and how one could proceed there now.
You know… For other readers…
Sorry, not embarrassed.
The questioner pays me too badly to expect a professional answer from me that simply excludes any other personal interest in the matter.
No, there really were letters like this because the telekom had discovered botnets and had disconnected the line for those affected…
I think it's about:
https://telekomhilft.telekom.de/t5/Geraete-Zubehoer/Botnet/td-p/3847389
https://www.telekom.com/de/verantwortung/datenschutz-und-datensicherheit/archiv-datenschutznews/news/trojaner-co-telekom-warnt-betroffene-344516 rather that
