On Aug 15 15:26, 1997, Danny Keogh of 3:632/158 wrote:
DK> While sitting on cloud 9, Neil Lauzon said to All something about
DK> FDISK /MBR
NL>> Ok, I have come across only 1 time having to use that command,
NL>> removing that petsy ANTIEXE virus.. well i have heard that there are
NL>> some viruses that can avoid that or something? Or can get around it..
NL>> Please advise..
DK> You can create a virus which will detect whenever you try and do
DK> that. The virus will then load itself into memory and reinfect
DK> the new boot sector when it's finished. it wouldn't be too
DK> difficult to do this.
Which is why you cold boot from a clean, write-protected floppy.
Rick
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