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BOOT SECTOR VIRUS
Name: Crossfire Date: April 11, 2002 at 03:53:13 Pacific
Comment:
i got a boot secter virus. i took out cmos batt, fdsik, used clean start up disk, installed win 98. and it is still there. my nort 2002 wont find my options, and when i run nav with all the switches from a dos promtp using /helperror i get memery, boot sector viris, nortons infected, and "CTRL-C used to be=reak program" HELP how do i find out what it is, and or kill it. i am also thinging i got a trojen on my puter also. HELP!!!!
Name: Krystyna Date: April 11, 2002 at 03:58:06 Pacific
Reply:
Did you run FDISK /MBR after booting with a KNOWN VIRUS FREE and write-protected boot floppy disk ? If you used a floppy and it was not write-protected, you probably transferred the boot sector virus to that floppy.
Name: ACURA Date: April 18, 2002 at 08:13:46 Pacific
Reply:
Low format the drive. Get a diagnostics program on the web site of your manufacturer and do a low format. That will guarantee a total wipe out of EVERYTHING.
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