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Re: problem:"Bootsector Write!!! Possible Virus. What to do?

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From: Pierre Vandevenne
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:00
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In article <758ou5$ced$1@inf6serv.rug.ac.be>, "Deryckere" <Koen.Deryckere@rug.ac.be> wrote:

>I'v just formatted a  friend his computer and at the end of the formatting,
>the message "Bootsector Write!!! Possible Virus: continue (y/n),

>I chosed yes.

Good decision, the message is normal if you have activated boot sector vrus 
protection in the BIOS.

>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?

Same remark.

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.

>For the Belgian readers: Ge moogt in 't nederlands antwoorden

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... 
;-)


Pierre Vandevenne
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From: pierre@datarescue.com (Pierre Vandevenne)
Subject: Re: problem:"Bootsector Write!!! Possible Virus. What to do?
Date: 1998/12/16
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