How do I reformat an SSD drive after trojan attacks

bimfi

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Ever since I recovered from a virus/trojan attack in December, my PC hasn't been the same. I keep getting a pop-up from malware-bytes and spy-bot about a smitfraud c generic and svchost.exe problems. Needless to say, there is something happening that I can not put my finger on and realize that it is a very difficult and time intensive procedure to try to remove these issues. At one point, I could not connect to the internet and other issues were gradually popping up also.
Anyway, I've decided that the easiest thing to do is to remove all important files and then do a clean install of Win 7. My C: drive happens to be an SSD, so I'm not sure if there is a different procedure involved for this type of drive. Should I run Intel's Secure Erase, or just reinstall Win 7 and delete the partition? Thanks!
 

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windows 7
A clean reinstall is prefferd solution in all similar cases I had so far.
cos you'll be 100% shore that disk is realy clean.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satelite P300D 13J (Short model No: PSPDCE)
OS
Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 Version 6.1 Build 7601
CPU
x64bit AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82
Memory
4096 (2048 + 2048) MB, DDR2 RAM (800 MHz), max 8,192 MB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650+HyperMemory™(512MB VRAM+2302MB)
Sound Card
Manufacturer: harman/kardon
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor (MONITOR\LPLA101)
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900 (19" LCD)
Hard Drives
HDD1: TOSHIBA MK3252GSX ATA Device (IDE 320 GB 5,400 o/min) ,
HDD2: Msft Virtual Disk SCSI Disk Device (Virtual Hard Drive),
HDD3: TOSHIBA MK3263GSX USB Device (USB Mobile HDD) (TakeMS MemLine)
PSU
Batery: technology : lithium-ion
Cooling
integrated cooler + 3x external cooler
Keyboard
USB Logitech S520
Mouse
USB Logitech S520
Internet Speed
WAN: 7,2 Mbit/sec, WLAN: 54 Mbit/sec + Bluetooth®

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Assembled
OS
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
Memory
Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
Graphics Card(s)
2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
Sound Card
Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron E2040T
Screen Resolution
1600x900
Hard Drives
Western Digital 1 TB
Seagate 500 GB
PSU
Corsair VS550
Case
Cooler Master K380
Cooling
Cooler Master Seidon 120V Plus
Keyboard
Logitech MK260r
Mouse
Logitech MK260r
Internet Speed
PMPL Broadband
Antivirus
Windows Defender + MBAM
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Dell Studio 15" Laptop
If you do a clean install from an installation disc, there is really nothing else you have to do.

In the future, you might want to take frequent images so that you can set the system back in 20 minutes.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU
from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays
2x HP w2207
Hard Drives
5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Keyboard
with trackball - no mices
Mouse
Trackball mice
Internet Speed
DSL 6000
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