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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / General Topics / April 2004Virus that had targetted 98SE
FYI, I remember tackling a really evil virus that formatted my roommate's hard drive and partitioned the drive to an 8 bit partition. Only two megabytes were left in the 32 bit partition and the Windows 98SE cd kept saying that it did not have enough space to install. Wow, that was a terrible virus he got from a 3.5 floppy disk and it happened because his virus information had not been updated for two years. Anyway, my roommate lost all his data and I had to have a friend's help who is a system analyst to repartition the drive to LBA and reinstall 98SE. Needless to say all the information was gone and it had been wiped over in the process. It was not an easy or fun procedure to bring this computer back. Just for curiosity's sake, does anyone know what virus may have done this? Several different have payloads that destroy either random areas on the hard drive or specifically target the system areas of the drive.  SignatureRichard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > FYI, I remember tackling a really evil virus that formatted my > roommate's hard drive and partitioned the drive to an 8 bit partition. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > procedure to bring this computer back. Just for curiosity's sake, > does anyone know what virus may have done this? On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:28:41 -0700, "Art" <smileart@spamyou.net> >FYI, I remember tackling a really evil virus that formatted my >roommate's hard drive and partitioned the drive to an 8 bit partition. Could be any number of low-level disk overwriters, such as those with the CIH payload (CIH, Kriz, Magistr, some trojans), some Opaserv variants, and a number of boot code infectors. Witty will do much the same thing to XP, with the supposed security of NT and NTFS making no difference whatsoever. >-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - Running Windows-based av to kill active malware is like striking a match to see if what you are standing in is water or petrol. >-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - Thank you for your replies. Do the free antivirus programs such as AVG, Avast and AntiVir protect you from these types of viruses? : >FYI, I remember tackling a really evil virus that formatted my : >roommate's hard drive and partitioned the drive to an 8 bit partition. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] : a match to see if what you are standing in is water or petrol. : >-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:48:32 -0700, "Art" <smileart@spamyou.net> >Thank you for your replies. Do the free antivirus programs such as >AVG, Avast and AntiVir protect you from these types of viruses? Yes they do, or try to. They will fail if: - they aren't set to scan "that type of file" - they haven't been updated since the virus came out - they aren't running, or are set to to scan on access Those factors have more to do with results than "which av". I'm using AVG 6.0 (the free one) and it rocks; dunno about the other two. >-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - Running Windows-based av to kill active malware is like striking a match to see if what you are standing in is water or petrol. >-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - Thanks for the information, cquirke. : >Thank you for your replies. Do the free antivirus programs such as : >AVG, Avast and AntiVir protect you from these types of viruses? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] : a match to see if what you are standing in is water or petrol. : >-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - They should. If you updated it at least once a week. Not once every two or three years. >-----Original Message----- >Thank you for your replies. Do the free antivirus programs such as [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >. That is an important point. I usually check for updates to HOSTS, antivirus program, antispyware programs and my software firewall daily. I have concluded that a multi-layered approach to protect your computer is best. I mean having a hardware and software firewall, an updated antivirus program, good anti-spyware utilities, HOST file program, etc. : They should. If you updated it at least once a week. Not : once every two or three years. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] : > : >. |
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