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Old 05-15-2008, 06:19 PM
Shaun
 
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Can a CD / DVD have a boot sector virus ??
I think my Hard drive has a boot sector virus and I'm wondering if it could
have been transfered to some data CDs and DVDs. I had connected up a second
hard drive and my motherboard alerted me with "Boot sector write", "continue
yes/no".

I disonnected my orginal Hard drive and booted using a seagate hard drive
setup cd I made, then I wiped the new hard drive. Then I reconnected my old
hard drive, booted with Windows XP pro CD, went into repair console and did
a FIXMBR. I hope I killed it but I'm conserned that it could be on my CD's
and DVDs the I've burnt over the past few months.

BTW: I'm using NOD32 security suite.

thanks,

Shaun


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Old 05-15-2008, 10:33 PM
DB
 
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RE: Can a CD / DVD have a boot sector virus ??
Of course, it is quite possible. Remember that all that is needed to write is
an executable to be initiated to write. I would also 86 your virus program
and find something better, I don't ever remember hearing of that program.

"Shaun" wrote:

> I think my Hard drive has a boot sector virus and I'm wondering if it could
> have been transfered to some data CDs and DVDs. I had connected up a second
> hard drive and my motherboard alerted me with "Boot sector write", "continue
> yes/no".
>
> I disonnected my orginal Hard drive and booted using a seagate hard drive
> setup cd I made, then I wiped the new hard drive. Then I reconnected my old
> hard drive, booted with Windows XP pro CD, went into repair console and did
> a FIXMBR. I hope I killed it but I'm conserned that it could be on my CD's
> and DVDs the I've burnt over the past few months.
>
> BTW: I'm using NOD32 security suite.
>
> thanks,
>
> Shaun
>
>
>

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