Uninstalled xp, tried to reinstall XP, 98 and ME and after setup began, screen says boot sector write virus, and halts setup. Norton did not clean, McAfee same, diasbled bios virus protect, still no change. Help
Scott M. - 26 Jan 2004 15:33 GMT
From DOS: FDISK /MBR
> Uninstalled xp, tried to reinstall XP, 98 and ME and after setup began, screen says boot sector write virus, and halts setup. Norton did not clean,
McAfee same, diasbled bios virus protect, still no change. Help
Haus - 26 Jan 2004 16:20 GMT
Hello Gene
it looks like you can rebuild your MBR and get rid of it
http://web.ask.com/redir?bpg=http%3a%2f%2fweb.ask.com%2fweb%3fq%3dboot%2bsector%
2bvirus%26o%3d0%26page%3d1&q=boot+sector+virus&u=http%3a%2f%2ftm.wc.ask.com%2fr%
3ft%3dan%26s%3da%26uid%3d21877056118770561%26sid%3d31877056118770561%26qid%3d4EC
DBC37587CC34C8DE3F32E1921E90A%26io%3d4%26sv%3dza5cb0dea%26o%3d0%26ask%3dboot%2bs
ector%2bvirus%26uip%3d18770561%26en%3dte%26eo%3d-100%26pt%3dI%2bhad%2ba%2bboot%2
bsector%2bvirus.%2bI%2breformatted%2bmy%2bhard%2bdisk.%2bI've%2bstill%26ac%3d6%2
6qs%3d0%26pg%3d1%26ep%3d1%26te_par%3d102%26te_id%3d%26u%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.itsec
urity.com%2fasktecs%2fapr3702.htm&s=a&bu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.itsecurity.com%2faskte
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Hope this helps
Haus
Scott M. - 26 Jan 2004 19:56 GMT
Isn't that what I said?
> Hello Gene
> it looks like you can rebuild your MBR and get rid of it
http://web.ask.com/redir?bpg=http%3a%2f%2fweb.ask.com%2fweb%3fq%3dboot%2bsector%
2bvirus%26o%3d0%26page%3d1&q=boot+sector+virus&u=http%3a%2f%2ftm.wc.ask.com%2fr%
3ft%3dan%26s%3da%26uid%3d21877056118770561%26sid%3d31877056118770561%26qid%3d4EC
DBC37587CC34C8DE3F32E1921E90A%26io%3d4%26sv%3dza5cb0dea%26o%3d0%26ask%3dboot%2bs
ector%2bvirus%26uip%3d18770561%26en%3dte%26eo%3d-100%26pt%3dI%2bhad%2ba%2bboot%2
bsector%2bvirus.%2bI%2breformatted%2bmy%2bhard%2bdisk.%2bI've%2bstill%26ac%3d6%2
6qs%3d0%26pg%3d1%26ep%3d1%26te_par%3d102%26te_id%3d%26u%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.itsec
urity.com%2fasktecs%2fapr3702.htm&s=a&bu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.itsecurity.com%2faskte
cs%2fapr3702.htm&qte=0&o=0
Gene - 26 Jan 2004 20:21 GMT
Thanks to both of you...I'll report back after fix to let those who have had similar problem know what happened... which I'm sure is many!