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From: munnari!extro.ucc.su.oz.au!awl@uunet.UU.NET (Tony Locke)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: stoned virus in partition table
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Date: 28 Nov 89 06:25:28 GMT
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We have the stoned virus in the partition table of one of our hard disks
on an IBM-XT clone.

I don't know much about partition tables, but I've tried using
Nortons "WIPEDISK C:" and "SF C:" (low-level format program) both to no
effect. I've even deleted the DOS partition and re-created it.

Can I "wipe" this partition table and start again or do I need a program
to kill it ?

My floppy disk with dos 3.3 is uninfected and write-protected.

Sorry if this is yesterday's news but I'm not a regular reader of this
group.

Thanks in advance (email any help direct to me)

Tony Locke
Sydney University Computing Centre


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