Also ironic, the D:\ drive is where I installed antivirus to. So NOW, it's NOT protecting me.
Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:13 PM Subject: Viruses Again > A word to the wise... I found out today my system had contracted another > virus within the last week. I know there are new viruses all the time and > it is impossible for a antivirus program to protect against them all. It's > still IRONIC that after spending $60, is when I get an infection. > > It was the W32.badtrans... virus. I had thought that a recent software > installation was causing the problem (it was I guess...). There's not much > differences between a virus and the normal way Windows systems work. A > Kernel32.exe file would produce an error every time I used the computer. > About 15 min after turning it on. > > This AM Antivirus prompted me to download updates, which I did. It then > went into it's virus checking routine and found 4 infected files which IT > COULD NOT fix, one of them being the above mentioned file. > > Here's the really crappy part. It told be my Master Boot Record had changed > and asked if I wanted to restore it. Since it just told me I had a virus, > and since I knew of no reason it should have changed, I said "YES". > > Well, upon rebooting, l & behold I have no logical D:\ drive. It was > partitioned over two years ago. So why in &*&$% would Norton Antivirus > restore it to something that would erase my logical drive. > > I since downloaded the special TOOL they have to remove the virus, NOT given > to me by the Liveupdate process. I am virus free I think. > > I've got a support post into Symantec to get some help on the Master Boot > Record issue. > > Does anyone here know how to restore a logical drive without erasing it's > contents? > > Windows 98 Second Edition is the OS. > > Thanks. > > Tom C. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
