martymas Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) hi all a friend has a boot secter virus and we have scanned it with avg and avast but they come up with a clear message he has enabled the boot secter virus warning and it keeps telling him he has a boot secter virus i havent had one of these so ime no authorityis there a specilised scanner for the boot or does any scanner do the job marty Edited November 20, 2006 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 moving to Spyware/Adware... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macmarauder Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 i've also got this 1, noticed it the other day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 What are boot sector viruses, and how can I prevent them?Disinfecting DOS boot record viruses that store the boot sectorDisinfecting master boot record viruses that store the boot sector Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted November 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) thanks TheTerrorist_75for the info on a boot virus there are some things i didnt know in there and comes in handy if it happens to mereading the article it seems it was through a floppy he caught it i dont use floppys my self ive had my floppy drive disabled for some timebut i will pass that info on thanks Edited November 20, 2006 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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