hi friends,i'm new to this community.i'm facing a serious problem with my laptop.multiple registry files are being corrupted by an unknown virus(which doesnt seem to get deleted even after performing several formatting).visibly i can see the windows update and system restore files not functioning properly.and in the registry there are many other keys which appear infected but havent shown its effect yet.the virus is silently ruining my laptop.please advice!

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Remember Windows Registry doesn't contain any Virus because it itself called a background (a root). It contains only user settings and command lines strings for Windows to operate in specified behavior.

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