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How do I remove the Bloodhound.MBR virus from Windows XP

Asked by: diver0

I am running Norton Internet Security Professional 2004 on a Windows XP and a virus scan indicates the Master Boot Record of Drive #128 is infected with a Bloodhound.MBR virus and that it is unrepairable by them.  Symantec's website has no removal tool for this virus and no other solutions are offered.  The virus definitions are up to date.  I turned off System Restore and ran a full virus scan but this did not work either.

 

 

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Answers

 

by: SheharyaarSaahilPosted on 2004-12-20 at 16:31:34ID: 12872004

Hello diver0 =)

Dont you have Norton Dos Scan Disks(i.e Rescue Disks)..... with which you can boot the system and then can clean the virus ??

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2004-12-20 at 16:38:50ID: 12872050

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2004-12-20 at 16:39:50ID: 12872055

Bloodhound
Aliases
Bloodhound.AOLPWS, Bloodhound.MBR, Bloodhound.boot.string, Bloodhound Word macro virus, Bloodhound.NeuralMBR, Bloodhound.MacMacro, Bloodhound.packed
 
Type
Misunderstanding
 
Description
Bloodhound is not the name of a virus, but a message displayed by Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus when it thinks it may have found a new virus.

You may like to re-scan your system with Sophos Anti-Virus - if it is a virus that Sophos knows about it will tell you its correct name. If Sophos does not find a virus please send a sample to support@sophos.com so our experts can analyse the file. Our virus analysts will be able to ascertain quickly whether it is truly a new virus or a Norton Anti-Virus false alarm.
 

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2004-12-20 at 16:40:50ID: 12872063

 

by: richrumblePosted on 2004-12-20 at 17:40:03ID: 12872395

Remove the HD, place it in another machine as a secondary drive, and have the pc scan the new drive, it should find it. As mentioned above, anything Norton detects using heuristics it labels "bloodhound" See if you have anyone with McAfee installed, it will also tell you the correct name.
-rich

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2004-12-20 at 20:04:31ID: 12872983

Glad to help!

 

by: WolfherePosted on 2005-01-05 at 14:00:31ID: 12966960

Situation:
When you run a manual scan, Norton AntiVirus (NAV) detects Bloodhound.MBR. You also have Symantec Ghost installed with the PC Restore feature enabled
(all recommendations coming off the symantec site recommending the default settings for heursitic scanning, whether you have ghost installed or not)
Detections for virus-like activity can happen when Bloodhound virus detection technology is set to the highest level of protection instead of the Default level

To reset Bloodhound to default settings
Start Norton AntiVirus (NAV). If NAV is part of Norton Internet Security (NIS) or Norton SystemWorks (NSW), then start NIS or NSW.
Click Options. If you see a submenu, then click Norton AntiVirus.
Click Auto-Protect. (Double-click it if using NAV 2001).
Click Bloodhound.
Do one of the following, depending on your version of NAV:
NAV 2002/2003/2004: Click "Default level of protection (recommended)."
NAV 2001: Move the slider to "Default level of protection (recommended)."
Click OK
Repeat steps 3-6 for Manual Scanner. (At step 3 substitute Manual Scanner for Auto-Protect.)
Close NAV

 

by: VRAGHAVANSPosted on 2005-04-29 at 04:18:32ID: 13893429

if it's a boot sector virus, Boot the Machine with Recovery Console.

Execute FIX MBR  then reboot the machine,

boot again with recovery console Execute FIX BOOT command

and reboot in normal mode , this should fix your issue.

Good Luck
Venkat

20120131-EE-VQP-002

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