arunram
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Stuck with eek(b) in my MBR
Hai,
I want to get rid of the eek (b) virus in my MBR. N orton identifies it and claims that it has cleaned but it is not the case.
The virus lives on.
I beleive that this is the problem for my having a zombie E drive that gives the error "MS dos compatibility mode".The drive has 0 bytes . And the OS considers it unformattable. My current E drive has been moved to F by the "Virus"? I am guessing.
I discovered this when I added a new disk.
SOS.
APpreciate you help. It would help me sleep in peace!
I want to get rid of the eek (b) virus in my MBR. N orton identifies it and claims that it has cleaned but it is not the case.
The virus lives on.
I beleive that this is the problem for my having a zombie E drive that gives the error "MS dos compatibility mode".The drive has 0 bytes . And the OS considers it unformattable. My current E drive has been moved to F by the "Virus"? I am guessing.
I discovered this when I added a new disk.
SOS.
APpreciate you help. It would help me sleep in peace!
ASKER
Well, I am using SYmantec and it doesnt clean up. Yes I have seen the instructions
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This is a helpful link in terms of virus/trojan/worm activities, cleaners (pay and free) and some step-by-step information. Also includes some Critical update links from Microsoft to minimize security risks and more.
http://www.burtonsys.com/virus_advice.html
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This is a helpful link in terms of virus/trojan/worm activities, cleaners (pay and free) and some step-by-step information. Also includes some Critical update links from Microsoft to minimize security risks and more.
http://www.burtonsys.com/virus_advice.html
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Hi ArunRam,
When u add a new disk to u r system the drives get swaped. for eg
if u hav c and D in an hardisk and then u insert a new disk with the existing one, suppose the new disk contains two partitions what will happen is that
Disk 1
C will be as it is
D will be the c of the new disk
e will be the d of ld disk
thats the way they get swapped. this is not due to any virus if iam correct.
Regarding the eek Virus Norton cleans it but u will have to update u r virus definitions from Symantec.com
Try creating a rescue disk in u r hardisk itself now create a clean boot floppy and bott u r system from it and run the navdx.exe from u r rescue dir, and this will clean it if u pass the correct parameters to it.
Bye,
Anand
When u add a new disk to u r system the drives get swaped. for eg
if u hav c and D in an hardisk and then u insert a new disk with the existing one, suppose the new disk contains two partitions what will happen is that
Disk 1
C will be as it is
D will be the c of the new disk
e will be the d of ld disk
thats the way they get swapped. this is not due to any virus if iam correct.
Regarding the eek Virus Norton cleans it but u will have to update u r virus definitions from Symantec.com
Try creating a rescue disk in u r hardisk itself now create a clean boot floppy and bott u r system from it and run the navdx.exe from u r rescue dir, and this will clean it if u pass the correct parameters to it.
Bye,
Anand
fdisk /mbr ...........from dos startup for win9x anyway may help
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http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/eek.b.html