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

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From: Fireman
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:00
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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:
>
>>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
>www.datarescue.com, the home of the IDA Pro Disassembler
>Version 3.8 now available - www.datarescue.com/idanew.htm
>
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From: "Fireman" <Fireman@midsouth.rr.com>
Subject: Re: problem:"Bootsector Write!!! Possible Virus. What to do?
Date: 1998/12/16
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