[RESOLVED] BOOT VIRUS

[Bryan Knight]

I recently got a boot virus.When in POST i get this msg
"Enter the name of the command interperter;IE C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM"

Bios antivirus informed me of a boot virus.

I ran nortin rescue boot disk.Says theeres no viruses found.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.please email me directly also @
UJband12@javanet.com.

[JeanneD]

is you rescue disk up to date with virus definitions?

[mzcpu]

I had this happen not long ago and found that the virus software was missing it. I used another virus program and it picked it up! Also had this happen and the virus scanner didn't get it no matter what I used. I ended up formatting that hard drive and starting from scratch.

[bdunn]

Do you have a clean boot disk? If so you can rid a boot virus by using FDISK /MBR. This re-writes the master boot record.

DO NOT DO THIS IF YOUR DRIVE HAS MANY PARTITIONS OR IS USING THIRD-PARTY TRANSLATION SOFTWARE SUCH AS EZ DISK.

[webmistress]

Thanks bdunn!! I've been sitting up talking to Microsoft for almost two weeks straight about different problems with my computer such as MS Dos Compatibility Mode, Master Boot Record Being Modified, Exclaimations for my IDE Controllers, tons of page fault errors, etc.... I ran across this site via search engine and it surely paid off. Your suggestion worked for me. I FDisked that baby and now I'm ready to rock and roll! I just hate I reformatted my computer and a whole lot of others things with you know before finding this site. :(

Thanks Again ;)

[Sowulo]

Pretty cool when a 2-year-old thread solves someone's problem....

[KWB Teck]

Originally posted by Sowulo:
Pretty cool when a 2-year-old thread solves someone's problem....

Hey this isn't Radio Shack thank God but.
If you've got questions. This is the place to get answers!

[3fingersalute]

WOW!!...Somebody used the search feature, I'm impressed!

[Sowulo]

Originally posted by 3fingersalute:
WOW!!...Somebody used the search feature, I'm impressed!

Yeah, on a more cynical day I would say I'm shocked... ;) ;) ;)