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Richard RUDEK wrote:

> Irene Lowe <icypole@nettrek.com.au> wrote:
>
> >Hello to everyone,
> >
> >I have a strange problem.  A friend has an old XT. It somehow was
> >infected with the Stoned virus and after a few months of use, the
> >computer became useless.
> >
> [snip]
>
> >
> >A few months down the track and it appears that the virus has
> returned
> >from nowhere.  I scanned the hard drive and there it was again.
> There
> >was no way that she could have used an infected floppy disk in the
> drive
> >and I am at a loss as to how the virus could have reinfected itself
> on
> >the hard drive. I cleaned it again two weeks ago and she has phoned
> me
> >tonight to tell me that the computer is doing silly things again. I
> >suspect that the virus had done it again! Does this virus has a way
> of
> >recreating itself once you have cleaned the suspect disks?
>
> [snip]
>
> No, but it can install itself multiple times, on the same file. When
> you
> clean, ensure you rerun SCAN and CLEAN until it finds no further
> copies.

I'm sure Richard really wanted to help Irene here... but, people should
reallybe sure that they know what they are talking about. Stoned is a
mbr / boot
virus, so it can't infect files.

If the virus is the stoned standard, there are only three posibilities:

- Irene didn't really disinfect the mbr.
- Some floppy remained infected.
- There are some stoned-dropper file in your hard disk so when you
   execute it the mbr becomes infected again.

But I think that you don't really have the stoned.standard, because you
say the hard disk became useless, and the stoned virus does not harm
the hard disk at all. May be some version... Get a real good antivirus,
(forget scan an McAfee), find out what virus has infected the hard disk
and post your message again. I'll be around to help you.

You can find links to antivirus sites in my web page:

Jose A. Sobrino Crego
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/9955/