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Scorching The Earth

When someone, in a last-ditch effort to get rid of a virus, deletes everything completely off a computer and reinstalls windows.

Origin: When trying to combat illnesses, the CDC or variant for that country will set things on fire to contain the spread of infection. They will burn dead bodies, towns, clothes, food, and even the ground with flamethrowers if there is a reason to believe the virus/bacterium could survive in dirt.
I tried AVG, Avast, Casperky... all of them. I ended up scorching the earth.
by wakkadoodooo June 28, 2012
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