What To do About MBR Virus

[Orangeman]

Hey Gang,

I just ran the AVG quick test and found the attached screenshot record of a mbr virus.

If I click KEEP I still get the warning AND if I click CONFIRM CHANGES I still get the warning.

Assuming that I have a virus that my AVG AV won't get rid of, how do I replace and/or fix the MBR?http://www.members.aol.com/jpb701/mbr

Thanks,
Orangeman :confused:

[DocPC]

Hey Gang,

I just ran the AVG quick test and found the attached screenshot record of a mbr virus.

If I click KEEP I still get the warning AND if I click CONFIRM CHANGES I still get the warning.

Assuming that I have a virus that my AVG AV won't get rid of, how do I replace and/or fix the MBR? http://www.members.aol.com/jpb701/mbr

Thanks,
Orangeman :confused:

Sorry man, I don't click NUTTIN' that ends in AOL.com.......
:sad:

[Orangeman]

Sorry man, I don't click NUTTIN' that ends in AOL.com.......
:sad: ....nuttin' except bother to bother me... :redeyes:

[silencio]

fdisk /mbr I've never seen it blow away a system but it could happen though.

[Orangeman]

I just heard from AVG. They said it was a cosmetic 'bug' in their system, not a virus. If it were, it would have listed the type.
:rolleyes:

It is probably some software I installed that is causing the glitch. :(

[TripleRLtd]

It is probably some software I installed that is causing the glitch. images/smilies/frown.gif No need daffy/orangeman:
AVG already said it was THEIR software:
I just heard from AVG. They said it was a cosmetic 'bug' in their system, not a virus. If it were, it would have listed the type.
:rolleyes:

[bcyee]

Regardless of source of the change to the master boot record, silencio has the best solution. Boot to a known unaffected boot disk with the fdisk program on it and issue the command fdisk /mbr and it will rewrite the system with a fresh MBR. This is unless you are running some sort of boot manager in your MBR and don't want it corrupted.