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no its the BIOS boot sector protection. not a virus.

Robert Moir, Microsoft MVP
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Fireman <Fireman@midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message
news:_3Vd2.264$OF4.1013907@newse1.midsouth.rr.com...
>It could be a virus, the antiexe virus is one possible.  Do a cold boot
>virus scan and rule it out.
>Pierre Vandevenne wrote in message <758pr7$1fs_002@news.eunet.be>...
>>In article <758ou5$ced$1@inf6serv.rug.ac.be>, "Deryckere"
><Koen.Deryckere@rug.ac.be> wrote:
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>>>I'v just formatted a  friend his computer and at the end of the
>formatting,
>>>the message "Bootsector Write!!! Possible Virus: continue (y/n),
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>>>I chosed yes.
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>>Good decision, the message is normal if you have activated boot sector
vrus
>>protection in the BIOS.
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>>>Then when I installed win98, after a while, the same message appeared and
>>>then the computer blocked. Is there something I can do about it?
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>>Same remark.
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>>If you don't want that warning, go into the setup when the PC starts and
>>deactivate this option in the configuration. This is relatively explicit.
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>>>For the Belgian readers: Ge moogt in 't nederlands antwoorden
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>>Hmmm there seem to be almost as much difference between what you write and
>>dutch as there is between Doren's written californian and standard
>english...
>>;-)
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>>
>>Pierre Vandevenne
>>www.datarescue.com, the home of the IDA Pro Disassembler
>>Version 3.8 now available - www.datarescue.com/idanew.htm
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