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Subject: Re: Boot Manager or Virus in BootRecord ?
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 96 15:14:29 GMT
Organization: Turicum Communications
From: BORKI@zug.use.ch (Reto Burkhalter)
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>> J Wunsch
>> 09.08.1996


JW> > Question: Is that really a virus that I have been detected
JW> >           or is it the FreeBSD Boot Manager that irritates
JW> >           the Virus scanner??
JW> 
JW> Likely a virus.

You're right, cleaned it and...

JW> >           If it is a virus, can I clean the disk and
JW> >           reinstall the bootmanager?????
JW> 
JW> Run the bteasy (DOS) program that is provided in the tools/ subdir on
JW> the CD.

ran booteasy afterwards.

Everything works fine.


Reto