Floppy 1) Created a boot floopy using Win98
Floppy 2) Unzip http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/em_dats/emscan.zip onto floppy two
Lock both floppies
Start computer with floppy1.
remove floppy1 and put in floppy2
type bootscan C: /boot /clean
done
reboot
Kiggs
On Apr 29, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Lule George William wrote:
I know we are not famous for being Windoze fans but this info may be of
use to you at some point.
We have a number of computers infected with the boot.malmo virus aka
Junkie. It sits in the boot sector of both the floppies and Hard drives
and once it goes on the hard drive, it cannot be removed by any of the
existing anti-virus software we have. The anti-virus just reports its
existance and thats it. Nothing more.
In case you come across an infection, to get rid of it do the following.
For Windoze 2000:
1) Shutdown the PC and restart it with the Windoze 2000 installation CD
in the drive.
2) Go through all the steps of making an installation till you reach
that point of selecting whether you want to make a new installation or
repair an existing installation.
3) Select repair using the console. In the console screen select the
installation you want to repair(in case you have more than 1)
4) Type "fixmbr" without the quotes. Windoze will give you all threats
of what will happen in case you go ahead including the sky falling down
on your head. Be brave and proceed. No sky falls down on your head.
5) After that, type exit and the machine will reboot. The infection
will have gone.
For Windoze XP:
1) Follow all the steps as above till step 3(of course with an XP
installation CD)
2) In step 4, DON'T use "fixmbr"! The sky will indeed fall down on your
head!! Messed up someone's machine thoroughly well and still haven't
figured how to restore it to its former state(dual boot,knoppix-XP, any
ideas??). Please use "fixboot" instead. Some warnings will appear but
still do proceed. Things will be fine.
3) Go to step 5 above.
Yours
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Lule George William (Mr)
Network and Systems Administrator
Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi
P.O. Box 5498 Kampala
Uganda
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