Virus scan today indicated "Partition TAble Change" and "Boot Sector Change". I can keep them or confirm them. These two options seem to mean the same thing. What do I do? Does this indicate a virus? BTW if it relevant, some of my Favourites point to the wrong web page today. Terry@nz

Sound like it could be a Boot Virus A term that describes those viruses which place their starting code in the boot sector of floppies, and either the boot sector or master boot sector of hard disks. Viruses which also infect files are sometimes known as multipartite viruses. BSIBoot Sector Infector: a virus which takes control when the computer attempts to boot (as opposed to a file infector). " IF IT AINT BROKE-LEAVE IT ALONE "

check this page ,see if it assists you Boot Partion Repair " IF IT AINT BROKE-LEAVE IT ALONE "

Sorry bout that, BOOT REPAIR " IF IT AINT BROKE-LEAVE IT ALONE "

If something other than ~you~ is trying to change the MBR, don't let it. Track down and eradicate the file(s). Your AV program should do this for you. Is the machine currently (still) working?

I've run AVG and FPROT over the computer in DOS mode, and nothing shows up. Boot Sectors seem clean. So do I keep or change "Partition Table Change" and "Boot Sector Change"? Terry@nz

Comng in on the coat-tails of the other folks here on this one... I would initially be less than keen to accept the changes offered until one has dug a little deeper; i.e. I'd be inclined to investigate a little further first... Also have you made any changes to the system as is prior to a/v error message arriving? Presuming the worst - that you do have a bootsector infection - the traditional path to dealing with bootsector virus infection is to run the Fdisk /mbr routine...; or use a decent anti-virus util to to remove the pest(s). If you run an a-v util and it detects a pest (the warning message you have could imply that) then the same util should be able to deal with it? The various on-line scans (freebies) out there will (should) do all that's necessary (remove bootsector viruses)? Noting that you "have" run one (or more) on-line freebies I'd run one further "test" (the DIR "test) as indicated in the posts below. Theses posts also have info re the benefits (and dangers) of running Fdisk /mbr...; also the "relatively safe/simple - DIR - test" to determine if there is a bootsector pest present? The third reference is probably the guts, but read all three? http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/138672.html http://computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/136420.html http://www.computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/43569.html Any boot-floppy you use should be clean and locked (read-only tab set) so as to ensure you do not infect the floppy, and/or transfer any infection elsewhere anon... I would be inclined to run the " DIR " routine at least and perhaps one (or two?) more on-line freebie scans, afterwhich I'd take the plunge... (any chance to back up data first)? Which having said all of the above, I have had a couple of occasions when NAV has coughed up that error/warning. I chose to accept the changes - to date with no ill effects... I did not run the DIR routine/test (I didn't know about it at the time).