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Boot sector disk C: changed

Original Message
Name: Nettie
Date: January 10, 2006 at 09:42:35 Pacific
Subject: Boot sector disk C: changed
OS: Win Me PIII
CPU/Ram: 512mb
Comment:
In the results of a virus scan it said, Boot sector of disk C: "changed" What does this mean and should I be concerned? How do I unchange it if it is not a good thing?

Nettie


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Response Number 1
Name: Bob (by BigBob)
Date: January 10, 2006 at 10:05:44 Pacific
Subject: Boot sector disk C: changed
Reply: (edit)
Is this AVG anti-Virus?
Its common for these to show changed... system updates, system maintainance and other normal things will cause this. As long as AVG doesn't show them infected you are fine.

" It'll Get Ya When You Aint Lookin "


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Response Number 2
Name: lukeles
Date: January 10, 2006 at 17:50:12 Pacific
Subject: Boot sector disk C: changed
Reply: (edit)
Each partition (also sometimes called a "logical DOS volume" in the DOS/Windows world) has its own volume boot sector. This is distinct from the master boot sector (or record) that controls the entire disk, but is similar in concept. It is also sometimes called the volume boot record or partition boot sector. Each volume boot sector contains the following:

Disk Parameter Block: Also sometimes called the media parameter block, this is a data table that contains specific information about the volume, such as its specifications (size, number of sectors it contains, etc.), label name, and number of sectors per cluster used on the partition.

Volume Boot Code: This is code that is specific to the operating system that is using this volume and is used to start the load of the operating system. This code is called by the master boot code that is stored in the master boot record, but only for the primary partition that is set as active. For other partitions, this code sits unused.

The volume boot sector is created when you do a high-level format of a hard disk partition. The boot sector's code is executed directly when the disk is booted, making it a favorite target for virus writers. The information contained in the disk parameter block is used by the operating system to determine where other internal structures of the partition are located, such as the file allocation tables.

You can use windows console or Partition Table Doctor to fixboot.


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