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1. Hard disk1.1. Disinfecting master boot record viruses in Windows 95/98/Me and DOS- Switch off the PC, wait several seconds and boot from a clean system disk to prevent the virus from being loaded into memory.
- Create a set of Sophos Anti-Virus Emergency SAV disks.
- Put the first floppy disk, containing a copy of 'SWEEP.EXE' in the floppy disk drive and at the A: prompt type:
SWEEP *: -DI - When requested insert the floppy disk containing the virus data.
- Run another scan to check that the virus has been removed.
If infection persists replace the boot sector. Contact support if in doubt. - Switch off the PC, wait several seconds then boot from a clean system disk to prevent the virus from being loaded into memory.
- At the command prompt type
DIR C: - Check that the contents of the infected drive are visible. If they are not contact support for advice.
- To overwrite the master boot sector enter
FDISK /MBR If a virus fragment is reported in upper memory then it probably indicates the presence of a virus. Contact support for advice. 1.2. Disinfecting master boot record viruses in Windows NT/2000/XPDo not switch the PC off. It may not be able to boot again. If the PC has booted Windows NT/2000/XP the SAV32CLI command line scanner may be able to disinfect the virus: - Close down all programs.
- Start the Command prompt.
- Change to the directory where SAV32CLI.EXE is installed. By default, this is C:\Program Files\Sophos SWEEP for NT.
- To disinfect a Master Boot Record virus type the command:
SAV32CLI -MBR -DI If your PC cannot boot into Windows NT/2000/XP or if disinfection has failed then contact support. 2. Floppy disk2.1. Disinfecting master boot record viruses on floppy disks in Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP and OS/2- Start the Sophos Anti-Virus GUI.
- Select the 'Immediate' tab.
- Go to Options|Configuration... select the 'Action' tab, tick 'Disinfect boot sectors' and 'Request confirmation'. Click 'OK'.
- Double-click the 'A:' icon to scan the floppy disk drive.
- Click 'OK' when asked if the disk should be disinfected.
- Scan the floppy disk again to confirm that disinfection succeeded.
If disinfection failed use Windows Explorer to copy the files to another disk. Reformat the floppy disk. 2.2. Disinfecting master boot record viruses on floppy disks in DOSAt the command prompt: - Change to the directory where Sophos Anti-Virus is installed.
- Type the following command and insert the floppy disk when prompted:
SWEEP A: -DI -MU - Check the floppy disk again to confirm that disinfection was successful.
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