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Disconnect the battery - and setup the bios again then boot from a
*write protected* virus free disk ... this way you really get rid of
that virus!

Stefan
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Irene Lowe wrote in message <356AA597.1F258B7D@nettrek.com.au>...
>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.
>
>She asked me to fix the problem and it turned out to be the virus.
>Because the unit still uses 5 1/4 inch floppies, I was able to find
an
>old version of McAfee's Virus Scan and Virus Clean which would work
on
>her machine. I completely scanned and cleaned the hard drive and also
>all the 5 1/4 inch floppies she had.
>
>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?
>
>If anyone could help me solve this puzzle, please can you email me
>directly (to save the sanity of my poor friend!)
>
>Thanks all.
>
>Cheers,
>Irene Lowe
>Perth, Western Australia
>