CCA3607@SAKAAU03.BITNET (06/11/91)
I try to use clean77 to remove , i get the virus removed i run the computer from new dos after i put the power off when i started ifined it again any help appreciation Terry jawberh cca3605@sakaau03.bitnet
paul%parsifal@econ.YALE.EDU (Paul McGuire) (06/12/91)
CCA3607@SAKAAU03.BITNET writes: >I try to use clean77 to remove , i get the virus removed i run the >computer from new dos after i put the power off when i started ifined >it again any help appreciation > > Terry jawberh You should examine the boot sector and see what else you can find. My symptoms were that I couldn't boot from the hard disk, and I found that I had been hit with Joshi and Stoned at the same time, and neither clean77 nor f-disinf (1.15) fixed it, though they both claimed that they had. (Immediately rerunning the respective program told me I was cured again.) I wound up doing a low level format, since I wasn't able to find a clean copy of the boot sector stashed away by either of them, and wasn't sure of what I was doing anyway. General question: Is there some way of rewriting the boot record without doing a low level format, or using a disk editor or debugger? For that matter, what does one use to do a low level format? Real IBMs don't come with low level formatting software. Paul McGuire Yale Economic Growth Center
p1@arkham.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Slade) (06/12/91)
CCA3607@SAKAAU03.BITNET writes: > I try to use clean77 to remove , i get the virus removed i run the > computer from new dos after i put the power off when i started ifined > it again any help appreciation > > Terry jawberh > cca3605@sakaau03.bitnett I would suggest a slight reordering of your disinfection procedure. 1) Boot from a known, clean, write protected system floppy disk. 2) Then run CLEAN/FPROT/whatever to remove the infection. 3) Test your system again, and redo if necessary. 4) Reboot. ============= Vancouver p1@arkham.wimsey.bc.ca | "If you do buy a Institute for Robert_Slade@mtsg.sfu.ca | computer, don't Research into (SUZY) INtegrity | turn it on." User Canada V7K 2G6 | Richards' 2nd Law Security | of Data Security