Re: VIRUS in MBR?

From: Chad Harris (ddram32_nospam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:42:07 -0400

Gator--

Right now your analysis is based completely on loose conjecture. I'm not
criticizing *you*, but why spin your wheels chasing demons that might not
exist? You don't have any evidence at all of a boot sector or any other
virus yet, and you have an error that says your MBR has been reconfigured.
As you know as with any disease, a lot of symptoms occur that can be from
dispate causes. Can you get up to Windows at all? Can you F8 to Safe Mode
and System Restore? What happens when you F8 and try Last Known Good
Configuration? How about booting from the CD and trying a repair install?

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Once you get to Windows, run a viral scan and go from there. Your virus CD
should have a mechnaism if you can't boot, but I'd try to get to Windows and
run a viral scan.

How to Protect Boot Sector from Viruses in Windows
 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;122221&Product=winxpDetection of a Boot Virushttp://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslistbooks.html?id=85Disk Concepts and Troubleshooting: MBR Viruseshttp://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/prork/prcb_dis_ttbv.aspResources for troubleshooting startup problems in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308041&Product=winxphth,Chad Harris________________________"HtheGator" <HtheGator@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messagenews:19B96C68-0BB1-40BA-8032-DEC899ACC0BC@microsoft.com...How do you go about finding out if you have a virus and how do you remove itif your computer won't boot up? How do you prevent loss of data when yourMBR has been changed by a virus? What exactly happens if you use FDISK/MBR?Thanks.

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