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From: tony4@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Anthony H. Galway)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Partition Table Viruses (PC)
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Date: 16 May 91 00:09:50 GMT
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	Our PC labs have been recently become victim of several
partition table viruses, namely Bloody!, Azusa and Stoned.  I find
that McAfee's CLEAN works well on the STONED allowing it to clean the
partition table almost all the time (rarely, though it happens, it
seems to be to far gone and I end up doing a format), but the BLOODY!
virus seems to be a bit more advanced more often than not the CLEAN
program claims that it can not safely remove the virus from the
partition table ... and so ....format C:!

	Now am I the absolute soul of niavete by taking this action,
or am I doing the only thing possibly? Is there any better anti-viral
around that can handle partition table problems? If not is there any
way to better protect ourselves.

	FYI: We use the latest version of Scan, Vshield, and Clean taken
	     from Simtel (we have the site licence), plus we are not
	     adverse to getting a better package commercially if it will
	     satisfactorally protect us.

P.S. 	Where can I get a comprehensive list of the effects and symptoms
	of known viruses?

I appreciate any help.

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Anthony H Galway            |\_/|    I tried to think up something either
tony4@garfield.cs.mun.ca    (` ')    profound or witty to put here ......
tony@piglet.engr.mun.ca      |"|                 I couldn't.