Re: Boot virus & root kit?

"JM" <artmoore(at)nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:u86H1gk2GHA.1256@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,
I contacted you last week concerning a boot virus and you directed me to"
drive scrubber"(nice product)
problem is that even with a 7 hr complete wipe, I still have the virus.I
have unpluged my machine and removed the battery and all memory overnight
and cleared the cmos
when i reinstall windows xp (any version)on this HDD the same thing
happens .......For about five minuites after connecting to the net
everything is fine .. then all of a sudden i cannot connect (even though
my connection is showing active) i tried to scan with various online
scanners but it wont let me download them giving me various error messages
..I have even tried loading full virus protection from a cd (norton
internet security 2006)but it stopped the live update process.... same
with trend micro, this virus is STEALTH and after about 20 min the pc
basically locks up. and cpu is overworking . also you cannot set the drive
as slave and scan because the virus will infect the master drive (already
happened )I took my pc to another repair technician and he didn't want to
hook it up to his.( He has no idea either) I did some research and i
believe i have a root kit virus .. there is a program on the net called
"ICESWORD" that detects rootkit virus but i do not know how to use the
program and it has no instructions with it .Its found on the sysinternals
site.If anyone has any info on this type of virus and how to remove it
please contact me in this form .. i have 2 HDD down and a 6 gig travel
drive that i cannot use
after a week im running out of ideas nothing shows up in Hyjack this .
cannot download virus software in safe mode with networking & scanners
will not work in safemode either
Please help
JM
PC technician



I see no basis in your post to describe what you have as a boot virus. What
is your basis for this assumption?
--
Jonny


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