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Old 07-12-2004, 10:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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hi i have infected my computer with a boot sector virus.avast,avg & norton cannot do anything about it .please help.
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Old 07-12-2004, 11:33 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Boot into DOS using Win98 boot floppy and run 'fdisk /mbr' - this should wipe it out. But, BEWARE - this removes any bootloaders you may have installed - after this, you will be able to boot only windows.
If you are using WinXP, you can use the recovery console - i think the command is 'fixmbr'
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Old 08-12-2004, 01:08 PM   #3 (permalink)
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i have infected my computer with a boot sector virus.avast,avg & norton cannot do anything about it .please help.
if you have the Norton Antivirus CD, boot-up your computer from that cd and follow onscreen instructions.
NAV should be able to remove the boot sector virus from there.
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thanks a lot
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avast is good .. it checks ur memory first for virus and thn it restarts for boot sector virus scanning.. and whole thing is that K yaar it is free for home use
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