Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.bitnet Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Alameda/Yale (PC) Message-ID: <0006.9102081416.AA29807@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 8 Feb 91 20:49:22 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 10 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Someone just brought in 3 diskettes, 2 of which contained only text files, the last one contained an application. None of them were boot diskettes (although they may have been originally and someone simply erased the command.com file). F-Prot's (version 1.13) F-Disinf claimed that all three had the Alameda/Yale virus. But when asked to clean the boot sector, I received that message that the virus could not be removed, no boot sector was found. Copying the files to a new disk and reformatting the disks solved the problem. But is there any explanation for finding the virus in an infected boot sector that then cannot be found?