I got a virus (somewhat nasty one - RootKit.0Access.h) and I am going to clean install my computer. However, there are some files (mainly music) that I never backed up before getting infected. Am I safe to just back these up now and transfer them?<p>I'm just not 100% familiar with how/where the virus might spread and if your personal files can carry the infection to the newly installed system.<p>Help appreciated. Thanks!
In theory malicious software could do that in some cases.<p>Lets take videos as an example. If you are using a media player with an error that could be exploited to execute program code that is embedded inside a prepared (read: modified by the malicious software) video file, this could be one vector of re-infection.