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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Boot Manager or Virus in BootRecord ?
Date: 9 Aug 1996 20:19:05 GMT
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BORKI@zug.use.ch (Reto Burkhalter) wrote:

> McAfee Virusscan detects a Parity Boot B Virus in my Mem
> and on the Harddisk when I boot DOS.
> 
> Question: Is that really a virus that I have been detected
>           or is it the FreeBSD Boot Manager that irritates
>           the Virus scanner??

Likely a virus.

>           If it is a virus, can I clean the disk and
>           reinstall the bootmanager?????

Run the bteasy (DOS) program that is provided in the tools/ subdir on
the CD.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)