Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: p1@rlyeh.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Slade) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: (c) BRAIN (PC) Message-ID: <0007.9012071952.AA18950@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 7 Dec 90 00:05:35 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 20 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu SURF124@KUB.NL (Willem van der Wal, ICP, NIAS) writes: > Does someone have information on a virus that labels floppies with: > "(c) Brain" How do I get rid of it? First, I'd suggest that you make sure it is not in memory when you start. Boot from a "known clean", write protected DOS disk if you have it, or check with SCAN or F-PROT to make sure your memory is not infected. F-PROT will also remove the infection on the infected disks. Belately he remembers that BRAIN does not infect hard disks, so simply rebooting from a hard disk will ensure you are clean. Having ensured that you are clean, in one of these ways, SYS the infected disks. The rewriting of the boot sector will deal with the BRAIN infection. If you can get it, F-PROT is probably the most effective solution. i am assuming, however, that you are wanting to know what you can do *now*, without looking for it.