Boot Sector

[coldcrush]

Hiya All

when I start my computer it boots to this message Boot Sector Virus Write!! Y or N

it will only go onto windows if I press Y

I have looked around but am getting no conclusion on other forums?

Thanks All

[Guest Reimar]

Hiya All

when I start my computer it boots to this message Boot Sector Virus Write!! Y or N

it will only go onto windows if I press Y

I have looked around but am getting no conclusion on other forums?

Thanks All

There's some Mobile Anti Virus downloadable. If you have another comp, use that com puter for downloading!

If you don't know how to do, send me an E-Mail, not an PM and I'll prepare a CD-Image for downloading which you can use for cleaning, if cleaning is possible at all!!

[coldcrush]

Hi Reimar,

I found some info on here and have disabled protection in the bios quote from site:

Turn OFF the boot sector virus protection in the BIOS

virus info

now it runs fine without prompting at boot. Will this be ok or is there still a virus in the boot sector?

Thanks for your reply

[Guest Reimar]

Hi Reimar,

I found some info on here and have disabled protection in the bios quote from site:

Turn OFF the boot sector virus protection in the BIOS

virus info

now it runs fine without prompting at boot. Will this be ok or is there still a virus in the boot sector?

Thanks for your reply

Good question and answer: I don't know!

Because if something want to write to the Boot Sector, it can be ok but can be dangerous as well! If is a private comp with "NO" data or Network, I wouldn't mind and check sometime! But if is a business comp, I would check as soon as possible.

Anyway you've my offer!

[cdnvic]

Hi Reimar,

I found some info on here and have disabled protection in the bios quote from site:

Turn OFF the boot sector virus protection in the BIOS

virus info

now it runs fine without prompting at boot. Will this be ok or is there still a virus in the boot sector?

Thanks for your reply

You still need to have your antivirus do a boot sector scan. What antivirus are you using?

[coldcrush]

Hi Reimar,

I found some info on here and have disabled protection in the bios quote from site:

Turn OFF the boot sector virus protection in the BIOS

virus info

now it runs fine without prompting at boot. Will this be ok or is there still a virus in the boot sector?

Thanks for your reply

You still need to have your antivirus do a boot sector scan. What antivirus are you using?

Hi cdnvic

I use Avast and have done a boot scan and virus scan, nothing came up.

Also tried using the online trendmicro housecall scan which just keeps booting me out. Dunno if that is a problem with the trendmico site....

Any recommendations welcomed.

Thanks

[cdnvic]

I think it's a false positive. I did some researching and this is a problem with some Bios'.

Just to ba safe, try Mcafee's online scan.

http://pcpitstop.com/freescan/default.asp

[coldcrush]

Hi cdnviv

thanks for your replies. Did a scan on that site, no problems there either.

Thanks for replies