Virus or not virus. Computer illiteracy

Resonant accidents involving Abbot Timothy were discussed, it seems, everywhere, and even in Habré, namely, the miracle of the destruction of video files by viruses was discussed here .
But what is interesting: “As explained by a source close to the investigation of the scandalous accident, the problems became known when, at the request of the court, the cops tried to burn the video onto a disk in order to transfer it to justice. It was then that it turned out that instead of video of car chases and patrolling the streets with machines of the 6th battalion of traffic police, only videos showing the “black square” remained on the computer. http://lifenews.ru/news/101312
That is, there was a problem with video playback (possibly with installed video codecs), but: “The specialist technician who served this computer reformatted the disk and cleared it of viruses.”
I think it was too early to be ironic about the dark or light forces that intervened in the fate of the hegumen.
In my opinion, the simple ignorance of a “technician-technician” who has written off everything for viruses is obvious. Illiteracy - this is the basis of such a stupid excuse, and not the desire to cover the abbot.