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From: p1@arkham.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Slade)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: How to kill Stoned in partition table (PC)
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Date: 5 Apr 91 19:41:36 GMT
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westk@cgrb.orst.edu (Ken West - Entomology) writes:

> How does one kill the stoned virus when it resides in the partition
> table of a hard drive.  Does McAfee's clean kill it?  I've had no
> trouble killing in boot sectors with f-disinf but it won't get it in
> the PT.  Thanks in advance!

Which version of FPROT are you using?  I have had no trouble with
F-DISINF from version 1.11 on, although a recent posting did point out a
potential problem with OEM MS-DOS which has been fixed in 1.14.

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