> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I know we are not famous for being Windoze fans but this info may be > > of use to you at some point. > > Aye! > > > We have a number of computers infected with the boot.malmo virus aka > > Junkie. It sits in the boot sector of both the floppies and Hard > > drives and once it goes on the hard drive, it cannot be removed by > > any of the existing anti-virus software we have. > > I don't think this is true - I've used DOS-based versions of Sophos Anti > Virus, with a clean, bootable floppy. The idea is to boot a clean floppy so > the boot sector of the hard drive isn't read. > > The DOS version of SAV also contains all known viruses as is in the > Windows/UNIX versions. > > You may want to check Norton's policy is on DOS-based disinfection; but I've > always found their software incompetent, and wouldn't recommend it to > anyone.
Thanks Mark for the info. A slight clarification here. The 'we' stands for us at UMU not the whole lug community. Worse still(taking your point of view above), we have Norton running on the Windoze machines, thats why I had to find a solution within my limitations. Let me check out SAV. Thanks once again. > Regards, > > Mark Tinka > Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > ************************************************************************ Lule George William (Mr) Network and Systems Administrator Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi P.O. Box 5498 Kampala Uganda --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
