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From: Collier@UNCAMULT.BITNET (John Collier)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Boot sector virus on SVGA disk (PC)
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Date: 29 Nov 90 01:33:00 GMT
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I also encountered the boot sector virus on the SVGA disk by
accidentally booting the disk on a 286 clone.  It played notes, a
tune, and then shut up.  Later that day the boot sector was corrupted
enough to disallow booting form the hard drive.  I booted from a
floppy, did a complete backup, and then did a low-level format of the
hard drive, and reloaded my software.  Things have been OK since,
until today I get no response at all when I turn the machine on.  I
suspect a hardware problem, perhaps a dead CMOS battery, but it is
astrange coincidence nonetheless.  The fact the virus is a new one led
me to think it was a hardware problem from the beginning.

John Collier UNCAMULT.BITNET