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to: GRANT HUMPHREYS
from: CHRIS MADDOCK
date: 1997-06-19 22:25:00
subject: Help on Junkie Virus

On 17 Jun at 18:06, Grant Humphreys of 3:711/410 wrote to All:
GH> Help! One of my computers is infected with the Junkie virus. It infects 
GH> files and the MBR. Mcafee and PC Cillin and AV Toolkit can not remove it. 
GH> Can anyone tell me how to remove it without reformating my hard disk
Boot the machine with a clean write protected boot disk with FDISK and SYS on 
it.
Rename C: drive Autoexec.bat and Config.sys to something else.
Assuming you don't have Disk Manager or similar software to help your system 
recognise disks larger than 504MB, do the following.
*Using TBAV (Thunderbyte), use "TBUTIL im C:" Alternatively, use "FDISK/MBR".
*Using SYS.COM, type "SYS C:"
The PC is now ready to boot up. Do so.
Now scan the disk and make sure it is indeed clean as far as the boot 
sequence is concerned.
If that is so, now you can scan the drive and replace all executable and 
command files, overlays etc that have the virus, from backups or original 
disks.
Regards,
Chris Maddock
chrism@bbs.st.net.au
--- Msged/386 4.20 beta 2
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