I have a laptop HDD that contains one or more viruses. I want to remove it and connect it via a SATA-to-USB connector to my desktop computer, right-click the drive, then click "scan for viruses". Is this safe?
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the safest way to solve your problem is just to boot up from usb flash that is designed to cure viruses and actually cure them all. look at Dr.Web® LiveUSB, Kaspersky Rescue Disk and any other antivirus that has free live usb image disk for download. using this approach you don't even have to get your hdd out of notebook.
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thanks. whats the best free program of this kind that i can burn onto a cd? Dec 30, 2012 at 20:56
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nevermind i just found it avira.com/en/download/product/avira-antivir-rescue-system avira one of the highest (if not the highest) detection rates in the industry (but unfortunatley also quite a high rate of false positives) Dec 30, 2012 at 21:10
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every antivirus nowadays cures almost all the same viruses as any other one. the reasons to choose one instead of another are relativity of developer to your geographical area (they will find new viruses that you could get infected with supposedly a bit faster than others), speed, compatibility.– booDec 30, 2012 at 22:39
Disable autostart before connecting
(Thats not needed on Win7)