boot sector virus

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hi i have infected my computer with a boot sector virus.avast,avg & norton cannot do anything about it .please help.

Boot into DOS using Win98 boot floppy and run 'fdisk /mbr' - this should wipe it out. But, BEWARE - this removes any bootloaders you may have installed - after this, you will be able to boot only windows.
If you are using WinXP, you can use the recovery console - i think the command is 'fixmbr'

quark said:
i have infected my computer with a boot sector virus.avast,avg & norton cannot do anything about it .please help.

if you have the Norton Antivirus CD, boot-up your computer from that cd and follow onscreen instructions.
NAV should be able to remove the boot sector virus from there.

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thanks a lot

avast is good .. it checks ur memory first for virus and thn it restarts for boot sector virus scanning.. and whole thing is that K yaar it is free for home use