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Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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Name: drstanton1
Date: February 24, 2008 at 19:22:17 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal
OS: Win 3.1
CPU/Ram: 40 Mhz
Model/Manufacturer: old 386

Comment:

I have an old 386 computer running Win 3.1 with a 40 Mhz processor. Floppy drive only no internet connection.
I need to remove AntiEXE virus. Preferably a freeware tool that will fit on a 1.44 MB floppy
Thank You...

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Response Number 1

Name: alexanrs
Date: February 24, 2008 at 20:37:41 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

Reply: (edit)

Get a newer machine, install an anti-virus and create a rescue disk.

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Response Number 2

Name: drstanton1
Date: February 25, 2008 at 05:51:27 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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I have the computer in the shop running programs for an old turret punch press.
A newer machine was tried but incompatible.
I need to back up the programs that run on the machine...a lot of hand programming at risk.

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Response Number 3

Name: Glitchman
Date: February 25, 2008 at 06:34:05 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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Have you tried F-PROT for DOS?

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Response Number 4

Name: drstanton1
Date: February 25, 2008 at 09:54:09 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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Will try this afternoon at work or as soon as possible...
Thanks a million...

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Response Number 5

Name: alexanrs
Date: February 26, 2008 at 15:55:58 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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What I meant was that you should use a newer machine with an Anti-Virus and create a rescue disk, and then boot your older machine with that disk and let the AV do its job.

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Response Number 6

Name: drstanton1
Date: February 27, 2008 at 13:26:10 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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I am not familiar with the procedure you just described.
I wish I knew how to do that.
We have no copies of anything on that computer. OS or otherwise
If you have the time maybe you could help me with some info about an online source for rescue disk creation. Also what "booting" all involves.
I don't want to mess up the settings that the machine has now.
thanx

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Response Number 7

Name: alexanrs
Date: February 27, 2008 at 16:49:30 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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Nearly all anti-virus have a feature called "rescue disk" (though some enable creating them in Windows 95/98, not in newer systems). This is a boot disk with the AV's engine inside. If you have a Windows 98 system with no AV, install a free one like AVG and create that disk (preferably, after updating it)
Unless your BIOS isn't configured to start from a floppy (it should be, by default), using this wold be as easy a putting the floppy in the drive and turning your system on. Then you'll just have to follow the instructions on the screen.
BTW, didn't the FPROT thing work out?

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Response Number 8

Name: drstanton1
Date: March 3, 2008 at 12:22:36 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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Sorry about the delayed response. I couldn't get F-PROT to work but did find an AV program and split it down to fit on 1.44 MB floppies. Loaded it into the windows 3.1 computer and then used a file joiner to "sew" the program back together.
Here is what I posted on another forum:
Well, so far so good, but...
after splitting the file, loading it into the win 3.1 computer and then joining everything together I gave the file an .EXE extention and when I double-click it the machine flashes to a black screen with "cannot run program in DOS mode"
Why is the computer trying to run it in DOS when I have windows open? I do know that the computer starts a DOS program upon intial power-up right away in the morning. This is a program that runs parts on a punch press machine at my job.
To get to windows I have to press ESC then type WIN when I see C:\_
"Protector Plus" fired right up on win 2000 computer
One last thing...when I dragged the file from the manager window to the applications window it gave me a MS DOS icon above the file name

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Response Number 9

Name: alexanrs
Date: March 5, 2008 at 16:32:05 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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It probably is a 32-bit executable and you do not have Win32s installed, so windows just doesn't recognize it. I still think the best way to go is with a rescue disk.
On second though, if you do not manage to create the rescue disk, you could just copy an entive AVG install to the computer. I'm pretty sure the DOS-based scanner is installed by default. It would be a matter of trying all of them.

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Response Number 10

Name: drstanton1
Date: March 6, 2008 at 12:01:58 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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Will try in the next few days.
Work getting busy right now...
Thank you for your time.

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Response Number 11

Name: phdfreddied
Date: March 10, 2008 at 11:56:07 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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Your other choice, of course, is to put the hard drive in another computer (presuming it's IDE) and run a virus scan on it from the host computer.
"I am convinced that the only thing a committee can orchestrate is a disaster"
Metellus Pius

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Response Number 12

Name: drstanton1
Date: March 18, 2008 at 06:20:30 Pacific
Subject: AnitEXE virus removal

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Thank You I think this will work as I took a drive from a shelved machine and installed it into another and it was recognized

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