On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Reid Katan <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Gail Miller <[email protected]>: > > 1) How would he get rid of a boot sector virus? >> > > Brian says that a format should take care of it. Make sure he's formatting > and doing a *clean* install. *Then* install anti-virus, *then* install that > warez program he's using. (: > > I don't know about Win 7, but XP and earlier would sometimes do a "quick format" behind the scenes during a reinstall. Thus leaving the boot sector untouched.
Maybe Win 7 has something equivalent to the old "fixmbr" program to reload the master boot record and wipe out anything else there? Just a thought. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
