Fortunately it's my home PC so it's not job-threatening (but no backups either). Yes, I did have the latest service packs and A-V signatures but that's no protection against an infected boot disk.
This guy looks like he got something back but was too cheap to pay: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Win98/Q_20441217.html I'm willing to pay to get this stuff back. Dave "Learning the hard way" Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial 503-675-5510 -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 07:17 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: [OT] Data recovery I was under the impression that if it has done stuff to the boot-sector your system is totally cattle-trucked, NAI confirm this!! Time to dig-out the backup tapes My brother-in-law had a PC with this virus, it ran, did the boot-sector thing and no more PC! Sorry Gavin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lum, David Sent: 26 February 2003 15:11 To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: [OT] Data recovery Guys, I managed to nuke myself with an infected (OPASERV) bootable floppy in spite of A-V protection (long story). This virus has modified my partition information and possibly overwrote the first 8GB. System does not boot but I can get to BIOS. http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_OPASERV .R Has anyone used a recovery utility that won't create additional damage if it doesn't work? Recommend a data recovery service perhaps? Dave Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial 503-675-5510 ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
