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Got a boot virus!!!

said by NAV:

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Bloodhound Boot

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If you feel you have the latest signature updates, go for it. If however this shrink wrap program on a floppie is not that important, deep six it !
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Can't repair it.

Instead of just taking the word of NAV how about looking for information on the internet relating to signature files with this virus. Then look on your floppies and check them yourself. No signature files , probably no virus. Might be best to check it from DOS so to find hidden files. Just a though...
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I can't find anything about it at Symantec, except that NAV will detect it if I have the latest defs, which I have.

Can somebody help me find some more in depth info on this virus???
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reply to gt7697c

Re: Got a boot virus!!!

Detected as:
 Bloodhound.Boot

Aliases:
 None

Area of Infection:
 Floppy Boot Sector, Master Boot Record

Characteristics:
 Memory Resident

Ummm " Memory Resident " I hate those I have had two and on both of them I had to reformate my computer ...

reply to redxii
How do I put the diskette into Quarantine to send it to them??? When NAV scans the diskette it does not give me the opportunity to Quarantine the floppy.
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reply to Nsane_iceman
Well I am glad to say that it is not on the system itself. Thank the computer gods for NTFS.

But it is on a floppy disk that I would like to use on reboot, which I will not use until it is either fixed or I find something better than the program that is on that disk.
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reply to gt7697c
My strong suggestion is that you Fix NAV not the virus, but since that may not make any sense try this.....Bloodhound
Aliases
Bloodhound.AOLPWS, Bloodhound.MBR, Bloodhound.boot.string, Bloodhound Word macro virus, Bloodhound.NeuralMBR.

Description
Bloodhound is not the name of a virus, but a message displayed by Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus when it thinks it may have found a new virus.

You may like to re-scan your system with Sophos Anti-Virus - if it is a virus that Sophos knows about it will tell you its correct name. If Sophos does not find a virus please send a sample to support@sophos.com so our experts can analyse the file. Our virus analysts will be able to ascertain quickly whether it is truly a new virus or a Norton Anti-Virus false alarm.

»www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyse···und.html

reply to gt7697c
Format the floppy and send the infected CD to the garbage can(not the computer one).
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reply to gt7697c
Seems to be a somewhat old one. Check this out:

»www.google.com/search?q=Bloodhound%20Boot

There's enough info here to keep you busy and perhaps be just a wee bit helpful at the same time.

reply to redxii
The interesting thing is that I scanned the CD and nothing was found.

Just the floppy that came with it, and the floppy that it created.

The cd may be good. I have installed the programs off it before without having any problems, so I don't think the main software had the infection. If there is a virus on the cd it is probably in the subsystem that makes the floppy.
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reply to gt7697c
Here's what I came up with = »www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusenc···oodhound
But I noticed the GOOGLE link previously posted as a link to my info. But the link I posted has multiple info on several different viri with this name.
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[text was edited by author 2001-09-27 00:48:21]

Would the fact that this floppy contains stand alone Diagnostic Utilities cause NAV to think that this floppy contains the Bloodhound.boot????
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Just my 2 bits.

Everything That I have ever read at Mcafee has the fine print on those back pages telling you to first uninstall Nut and Bolts, checkit and so many other apps. before you install and use their software.Norton has it own Utilites in competition with Checkit, why you can not even get a free security scan from Symantec if you have an outdated version of Norton AV on your PC, you must uninstall it first.

I think you have now come to the correct conclusion. I was trying to tell you that in my other post.

Every company wants your business. To make both of these apps. work together will be a challange for you.

reply to gt7697c

said by gt7697c:

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Would the fact that this floppy contains stand alone Diagnostic Utilities cause NAV to think that this floppy contains the Bloodhound.boot????

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