On (12 Jun 97) AARON JORDAN wrote to RICK COLLINS...
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-> ->  MS>> so your saying he should make a backup copy of the infected
-> ->  MS>> system, and format it, then reinstall the backup?
-> ->  RL> Yes
-> -> Which will accomplish what, exactly...?
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 AJ>       Sorry dude, you lost me.
 AJ>         But when you format a disk you do lose all information on that
 AJ> disk. It even tells you so.
 AJ>         And as to the reputation thing, I don't want to hurt anyone's
 AJ> feelings. I'm just interested and I like to state my point.
 AJ>        Feel free to correct if wrong! :)
What as said, will only fix not multipartite boot sector/MBR 
virii, and then maybe not.... it does not find infected files.  
Now for the One-Half virus as the virus will decryte the encryted 
files when you do the backup  with out having to use any special 
programs to decryte the drive after removing the virus it does 
have some points.
But my fellings on the one-half virus, backup your data ONLY, 
remove the virus, and reinstall all software from original write 
protected install disks.  That way there is no chance that you'll 
be restoring an infected file.
The best way is to scan with a updated anti-virus scanner in the 
first case and catch the virus before it can do any damage.
Gordon
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