virus won't leave even after formating?
lost cause
Norton 03 as a boot disk to see if it could get rid of it, nope
wouldn't scan. So I had no where to go so I just formated my only
drive completely, watched it count down the percent to 100, then
restarted, still there. If my only drive is formated where the hell is
the virus? Any info will be much appreciated.
Vanguardx
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From what did you run the FORMAT program? From the infected OS? Then
why would you think the virus would let you get rid of it. Use a
bootable floppy created from a disk image from www.bootdisk.com or use
the bootable Windows install CD to format the partition. If the virus
still persists, your bootstrap program in the MBR (master boot record)
got infected and the MBR is not in any partition so reformatting won't
eradicate an MBR bootstrap virus. You'll need to use the bootable
floppy to run 'FDISK /MBR' or again use the bootable Windows install CD
and select the second Repair option to enter Recovery Console mode to
run 'FIXMBR'.
Since you reformatted and "restarted", just what was it you thought you
were restarting on a supposedly reformatted partition that obviously or
presumably had no files on it, including an OS? Sounds like you did the
reformat, installed Windows, and then installed your applications and
one of those is infected so you infect yourself again. Of course, if
you are leaving your network connection active during the setup and
before any firewall is activated then it is possible that you got hacked
before you brought up your security screens.
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Hannes
If you are connected to internet 24/7 and your ISP has not closed ports
for you, the virus might be on your network.
My friend had this problem. Solution. He disconnected from the web, made
clean install and installed a firewall. After that he reconnected and
voila ... viruses started to flow in. Well, they tried to. Firewall
blocked them all.
Hannes
Dabei
problems with your system. What exactly happens when winxp can't start? You
should be able to get the system boot up with other OS(win98,me, 2k,etc)
unless it is a hardware problem. Do a virus check on that.
Find out what kind of virus it is if Norton03 reports the virus. Check on
Norton's website for that virus definition. You will find specific actions
need to be taken for that virus. It is often easier and more effective than
formatting your disk.
"lost cause" <sackin...@hotmail.com> ????
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David H. Lipman
Dave
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lost cause
connection, So it hasn't been reinfected it just hasn't been removed
yet. I am not that tech knowlegable but I see why I couldn't get rid
of it now. So if someone more knowledgable could give me some steps to
take to get rid of it that would be great, I don't know the name of it
but there has to be a program or something that would just clear
everything, or some steps I don't know about that would fix it.
thanks, Mike
David H. Lipman
All I can do is suggest...Obtain Zvi Netiv's IVINIT utility.
http://www.invircible.com/iv_tools.php#Ivinit
Dave
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boot sector. Removing it may be as simple as issuing a Dos command: fdisk
/mbr
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=122221
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