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to: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES
from: KURT WISMER
date: 1997-07-19 01:52:00
subject: win95 Boot-437 virus

 -=> Mocking Christopher Greaves to All <=-
   
 CG> For a friend:
 CG> who runs Win95 (I'm a WFWG freak!) and has a virus "Boot-437 
 CG> virus". Apparently the virus has been detected by Win95, but the 
apparently *not*... win95 isn't a scanner, it has no facility to
identify specific viruses...
 CG> supplied efforts to remove it have failed.
 CG> At the Dos/Win level I am familiar with several virus removal 
 CG> techniques, which, sometimes used in series, will dislodge a 
 CG> troublesome virus. My knowledge in the Win95 arean is sadly 
 CG> lacking.
 CG> I'd appreciate any advice regarding utilities to dislodge the 
 CG> virus. 
boot clean, use f-prot or one of the MANY other scanners that detect
this virus to remove it... the name used there (boot-437) suggests
either nav, mcafee, fprot, tbav, or avast were used to identify the
virus...
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