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Why stop at reinstalling the OS? You also need to throw away the PC in the dumpster of another neighborhood or city and at least use an angle grinder on the NIC and SSD. Don't forget to wipe off the fingerprints beforehand.


No, that's excessive. I always just unsolder and replace every component, but I thought that went without saying.




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