I got a mail with "test" as subject and the attachment had the MY DOOM virus. I deleted the mail, but my computer system properties says that I may have a virus because my "Master Boot Record" has been modified. I ran the Symantec anti-virus tool, but it said it didn't find MyDoom on my computer. I looked into purchasing Norton Anti-Virus or McAfee Anti-virus products but they both require Widows 98 and I only have Windows 95. Does anybody know how can I get my Master Boot Record back to normal? How do I get out of the MS-Dos Compatibility Mode that I'm in because of the modified Master Boot Record? How can I scan for viruses if the products don't work for Windows 95? Thank you!

http://www.pcnet-online.com/content/utilities/199904.htm This may help. Once a virus gets in the MBR and you cannot get it out a low level format may be inorder. Standard format does not clear the boot sector of the drive. Here is a link about "low level formating" just incase. http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/ata_llfmt_what.html Check the link above and read through it. Good Luck

Also I take it you used symantecs Mydoom removal tool? If so make sure you turn off system restore reboot, run the removal tool, reboot again run it again to make sure. Then turn restore back on. I just removed the Norvarg/Mydoom from my friends PC, the best thing to do is what I did above. The thing about it is the virus never allowed me to update Norton's virus checker until I ran the removal tool, then I was able to update Nortons and isolate the actual infected files. These viruses are getting worse and worse.

Win 95 does not have a system restore feature. You can download Nortons updates on to a CDRW with another PC and load them that way. If you can't get Windows to start, this will not help. There is a free AV program that runs in DOS. It's too big to fit onto a floppy but it may work from a CD-R or CDRW. The program is F-PROT from..... www.f-prot.com I know nothing of a corrupt MBR but if you have to low level format there are many free tools that will do this. They run from a floppy. You will then have to re-partition, format c: & re-install Windows. Do you have a Win 95 OS disc? Ithink one such free program is DiskWipe, if I find the exact name/web address, I will post back.

hi You can remove boot viruses, Boot with bootable floppy that have fdisk on it after booting type on dos prompt fdisk /mbr it will write new mbr.