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Some folks might manage to make an infected image. Anything is possible.
As Kado said, you can just go back to an uninfected image.
Personally, the way I do it I know my images aren't infected.
Basically, I restore my last image before taking a new image.
I've been using the base image for months usually, and would quickly notice an infection.
Never happens.
Works like this. I use the base image for as long as I like. Install anything I like.
Web browse where ever I like.
When the system gets garbaged up, or I think it's infected, I restore the base image.
Then I'll immediately install anything I liked from my last round of software installs, do all the software updates, then make a new base image. I keep a simple notepad file called ImageInstalls that I occasionally update so I don't have to depend on my memory.
If that new base image was infected, I'd know soon enough, and the only source of infection would be my installs or software updates. Easy enough to track that down, and I still have the old base image.
But it's never happened.
Usually do this "as needed." Did it a couple days ago because my desktop/drives were loaded up with different software I'd used, but didn't want anymore. The base image I used was from March.
All that unwanted stuff just "disappeared." Didn't install anything for the new image.
Just the usual software updates. It was done basically to "uninstall" all the clutter.