Hi Anand,
Anand Raman wrote:
>
> > Hi guys
> >
> > I installed RedHat 6.1 from the November PCQ cd .. However after the
> > install when i tried to restart the computer it started giving me a
> > Virus warning
> >
> > The exact message is this
> > "Trident ChipAwayVirus has detected a boot virus on your hardisk"
> >
> > Prior to this installation i had SuSE 6.0 running happily on the system
> > with a idle dos partition which i used for some archiving purposes from
> > Linux only .It has been ages since i have booted into DOS and on top of
> > that I havent installed Windows95 .This is the first time this warning
> > is getting flashed from the bios
> >
> > Questions
> > *********
> > 1. What could be the possible causes for it ..
> > 2. Will doing a fdisk /mbr help
> > 3. Is there anything equivalent to fdisk /mbr in linux
> > 4. Will reconfiguring LILO help
> >
> > These are just a novice guesses . Gurus please advise
> > Thanx for u r time and help
> > Bye
> > Anand
This warning is because your partition table contents have changed. The
virus scanner checks ur boot record which shows different info from the
last time, before u installed. Hence it thinks there is a virus.
I think this might be the cause, as I am getting a slightly more involved
message from Quick Heal, saying its bcos Partition table has changed. And
it even goes on to say that if u have installed a UNIX OS, then u r to
ignore this warning.
You will have to disable the warning in ur virus scanner. Check the
options to see if u find something.
Yours,
Somik
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