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from: EARL MONTGOMERY
date: 1997-07-22 19:36:00
subject: StealthBoot.a

 After 15 years of messing with computers (downloading from BBSes,
 exchanging floppies, etc) my computer was infected for the first
 time by the Stealthboot.a virus. 
 One thing that made me think I had been infected was when I did a
 MEM command it would show 636K conventional instead of 640K. Also 
 Windows 3.1 would not run (showed the Logo then returned me DOS)
 if RAM or NOEMS was used in the config.sys.
 I ran MSAV and McAfee (both had outdated virus data files) and
 neither detected the virus. Found AVP and it found and cured the
 virus.
 My system now reflects 640K conventional and Windows operates 
 as it should. Someone suggested that even though everything
 appears normal I should run FDISK /MBR. Since this is an
 undocumented switch I hestitate to use it. Appreciate any
 input on the use of this switch in my case.
 Regards
--- Msgedsq 2.2e
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* Origin: Earl's Point * Dallas TX * (1:124/1113.5)

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