Nope - has nothing to do with boot disks. EXTRA.DATs contain protection against a particular new virus strain before the regular scheduled .DAT file update becomes available.
It's been this way for the longest time and works with all current VirusScan family products. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax: +1 201 934-9206 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Ingram Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 02:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.Virus] New W32/Goner-A virus Is not the extra.dat only for the bootdisk for emergency recovery or did I look at that wrong? This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .