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loophole

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Since: Dec 19, 2003
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:59 am
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Hi all

Is there a virus going round that over writes the mbr (NTFS) I know 2 people
that have been hit with something that does this, I was hit last night!

TIA

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kurt wismer

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:51 pm
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loophole.TakeThisOut@home.net wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Is there a virus going round that over writes the mbr (NTFS) I know 2 people
> that have been hit with something that does this, I was hit last night!

mbr infectors are quite rare, nowadays as they tend not to be able to
spread once windows has loaded....

as such, most existing mbr infectors are positively ancient and any
decent scanner should be able to detect them when present...

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they get hope from fire and smoke as the weak grow strong
hungry people don't stay hungry for long
they get hope from fire and smoke as they reach for the dawn"

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loophole

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:25 pm
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>loophole@home.net wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Is there a virus going round that over writes the mbr (NTFS) I know 2 people
>> that have been hit with something that does this, I was hit last night!
>
>mbr infectors are quite rare, nowadays as they tend not to be able to
>spread once windows has loaded....
>
>as such, most existing mbr infectors are positively ancient and any
>decent scanner should be able to detect them when present...

Yeah thats what I thought... must have just been coincidence then...

Thanks anyways Smile
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Snowsquall

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:33 pm
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> >loophole@home.net wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> Is there a virus going round that over writes the mbr (NTFS) I know 2
people
> >> that have been hit with something that does this, I was hit last night!

I am wondering if you got hit by a new version of Opaserv. Do you have
network - home - or otherwise - connections? Its funny but the post just
above your post regards a version of Opaserv. Just recently it was
mentioned in a news article as one of the bad viruses of the year. That one
did not do great damage on Windows 2000 or XP but this one might.
The Opaserv virus is one of the few today that destroy MBR data as its
payload if allowed to run.

> >
> >mbr infectors are quite rare, nowadays as they tend not to be able to
> >spread once windows has loaded....
> >
> >as such, most existing mbr infectors are positively ancient and any
> >decent scanner should be able to detect them when present...
>
> Yeah thats what I thought... must have just been coincidence then...
>
> Thanks anyways Smile
>
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DAAV0

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:47 pm
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Boot sector and MBR infectors continue to be reported almost every month, and
although they cannot spread back to a floppy, any system can still catch one.

Even a system running linux.

Do you deal with a lot of old floppies?

David Perry
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