Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:40:11 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jamie Clark <jamie@eri.erinet.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions mail service <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: BootMgr a virus? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961202153646.2549C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.961202084507.5748B-100000@eri.erinet.com>
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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Jamie Clark wrote: > I have FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE and Windows 95 on my system. I have been > experiencing some crashes in Win95 that CrashSheild of WinProbe caught > with increasing frequency. I had been downloading some software from the > net and thought maybe a virus had slipped down the line. This is very unusual if not impossible since Win95 write-protects the boot sector. You might check Control Panels -> System -> Performance and see what Win95 has to say. AFAIK I've never heard of any Win95 problems with BootEasy. If you're really worried then use the DOS command FDISK /MBR to remove BootEasy, then use a DOS 6.2 floppy and reinstall BootEasy (take tools/bootinst.exe and boot.bin off the CD onto the hard disk, then run it from there). Check your boot floppy before you use it in case there is something running around -- you wouln't want to immediately reinfect the system. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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