Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: gm@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary Mathews) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Stoned disinfection information (PC) Message-ID: <0006.9003211440.AA04188@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 20 Mar 90 22:51:07 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 29 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu DEVMTG12@SAKFU00.BITNET (MUSTAFA T. ALGHAZAL) writes: >To all virus experts, > One of our systems here at SAKFU00 was infected by the STONED virus. > I remember that I read a note about how to remove this virus from a > hard disk ,but the writer was refering to some issues of COMPUTER > & SECURITY which we were not able to get. > If any of you knows step by step instructions to remove that virus,He > (or she) will be thankfull to send it to me directly or to the list. > > Mustafa ALGhazal ( DEVMTG12@SAKFU00.BITNET) > Academic Services Manager > King Faisal Univ. > Saudi Arabia You could remove the stoned virus with McAfee's clean program or more simply, by booting off a clean dos disk and use the sys command to transfer a new copy of the MS-DOS system onto the hard disk. 1) boot system on a clean disk 2) sys c: 3) "Stoned" virus is gone ! That's all. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Jason Mathews | gm@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu Columbia University | Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired. - ------------------------+ CPU time flies when you have a lot of bugs