Thanks.
1) How would he get rid of a boot sector virus?
1) How would he turn off the wifi since it's built into the computer?
3) Have you ever heard of a "BCD" virus? I don't know where he got the name
but asked me to ask about it.
This virus seems to take over his machine, create virtual servers, and I
don't know what all else. I'm beginning to rue the day I bought the
computer!!
Thanks in advance -- again!
Gail
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reid Katan" <ka...@his.com>
To: <COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?
Quoting Gail Miller <gail.mil...@comcast.net>:
My son has a new Dell Mini10 that seems to have a fatal virus.
Other than he thinks he has a virus, and he reinstalled Windows, you
haven't given much to go on.
If he *does* have a virus that keeps reappearing, it might be a boot
sector virus that a simple format might not get rid of (someone correct
me if I'm wrong).
If someone on his insecure network has a virus, and he connects to it
before he's got protection installed, well, then it's (probably) already
too late. Have him turn off his WiFi before going through the procedure
next time.
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