>I haven't looked at ad malware for many years, but when I did, it infected the MBR, so reinstalling Windows alone wouldn't remove it.
In this case, wouldn't the infection go away by formatting the disk?
In this case, wouldn't the infection go away by formatting the disk?
As the partition table and the MBR/"EFI system partition" exist outside of the realm of normal partitions, formatting normal partitions doesn't help in this case.