I think my computer crash last night might have been due to a virus. Norton is no help. The system was getting a little flaky so I ran Norton Antivirus. It said the MBR had been changed so I selected ""Replace MBR" and continued to run Norton. It showed no other problems.
When it finished a "You Need to Restart Windows" window came up. I clicked on OK. The computer rebooted, but came up with "Can Not Find 'C:\WINDOWS|COMMAND.COM". Checking I found the raw partitions were still there but apparently the FATs had been erased on all four partitions including the none DOS ones. I have been all night restoring the system. Unfortunately I have not backed up anything since I put in the new hard drive back in October. I hadn't even synchronized the laptop to it since 11/10 so I lost a lot of info. But notice, Norton Antivirus reported no problems other than the changed MBR. In fact NAV seems to have triggered the virus. So be careful. --graywolf ----- Original Message ----- From: aimcompute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Viruses & Worms Everywhere > Norton hasn't detected any on my machine in that time frame. but I've seen > several posts on the Meade list by different people in the last several days > who were sent viruses. > > Tom C. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:20 PM > Subject: Viruses & Worms Everywhere > > > > I don't know about you all, but in the last three days I've received > > eleven email messages that contained a virus or a worm. Be careful out > > there ... > > -- > > Shel Belinkoff > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
