RE: Boot sector virus

  • From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:56:25 -0800

Have you run the removal tool available from the AV vendors exactly per
their instructions?

Have you done a full system scan with updated definitions that shows clean?

John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
eServices For You


> -----Original Message-----
> From: A.L Paul [mailto:alikanza@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:45 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Boot sector virus
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
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> HI all,
> 
> We are running an exchange server and we have just reinstalled Windows NT,
> exchange and MS proxy. At the beginning of this week we have noticed that
> it
> is pretty slow and I have scanned for various virus and found it had
> mydoom
> whcih was removed but the speed has continued to be slow.  In the fisrt
> incidence there is no evidence that mydoom could have slowed it down. ANy
> suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A.L Paul [mailto:alikanza@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:11 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] Boot sector virus
> 
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> Hi all,I have one of the machines on my LAN that was running Norton
> antivirus and even with updates,there wasnt indication of any viruses.When
> I
> changed to mcAfee,it recognised a boot-sector virus called 'HURRI'.
> Please give me some ideas on how to deal with this.Any particular
> antivirus
> software or whatever measures that can enable me to actually restore the
> boot sector.
> thanks, Paul.
> 
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