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Article #347Re: problem:"Bootsector Write!!! Possible Virus. What to do?
From: Fireman
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:00
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$1@inf6serv.rug.ac.be>, "Deryckere" <Koen.Deryckere@rug.ac.be> wrote: > >>I'v just formatted a friend his computer and at the end of the formatting, >>the message "Bootsector Write!!! Possible Virus: continue (y/n), > >>I chosed yes. > >Good decision, the message is normal if you have activated boot sector vrus >protection in the BIOS. > >>Then when I installed win98, after a while, the same message appeared and >>then the computer blocked. Is there something I can do about it? > >Same remark. > >If you don't want that warning, go into the setup when the PC starts and >deactivate this option in the configuration. This is relatively explicit. > >>For the Belgian readers: Ge moogt in 't nederlands antwoorden > >Hmmm there seem to be almost as much difference between what you write and >dutch as there is between Doren's written californian and standard english... >;-) > > >Pierre Vandevenne >www.datarescue.com, the home of the IDA Pro Disassembler >Version 3.8 now available - www.datarescue.com/idanew.htm >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f7203,d6efcf2253d117e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7203,public X-Google-Thread: 1070cf,d6efcf2253d117e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1070cf,public X-Google-Thread: 111c4c,d6efcf2253d117e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid111c4c,public X-Google-Thread: fcd68,d6efcf2253d117e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcd68,public From: "Fireman" <Fireman@midsouth.rr.com> Subject: Re: problem:"Bootsector Write!!! Possible Virus. What to do? Date: 1998/12/16 Message-ID: <_3Vd2.264$OF4.1013907@newse1.midsouth.rr.com> X-Deja-AN: 422995938 References: <758ou5$ced$1@inf6serv.rug.ac.be> <758pr7$1fs_002@news.eunet.be> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3610.800 X-Trace: newse1.midsouth.rr.com 913841530 24.92.81.161 (Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:52:10 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:52:10 CDT Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus,alt.windows98,be.comp,comp.sys.be.misc