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Okay i could be fucked i need some info
Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
yeah shit happens i'm afraid. Void Main did say my fingers would get burned, my fault for using a shit OS.
Knoppix is going to be a problem as i cannot get hold of it, so i will have to use SuSE. How come this worm will spread through linux onto my GF's Windows partition?
Does this worm infect the CMOS as well? The laptop is a NEC versa Premuim from NEC.
[ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: Crunchy(Cracked)Butter ]
rtgwbmsr:
About the worm:
quote: which can overwrite the boot sector, delete the CMOS, and delete the contents of the hard disk
--- End quote ---
It could spread through Linux theoretically, and fuxx0r her Winblows partition and her Linux partition.
I'm assuming you're in the UK here...
If you can get into the BIOS, find an option that says "Set to Default Values" or something like that. The key to get into the BIOS should be F1.
If it gives you any other errors, tell me, I have a list of them and what to do.
Master of Reality:
i dont think it could spread if it was in Linux.
Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
I wouldn't of thought it would of spread through linux easier but i had to ask.
Muffin man: I loaded the setup defaults and i got no errors, it doesn't look like it has touched the CMOS, i did have anti virus software on the system at the time and i did move some viruses off my system so i think it has only managed to take out my MBR. Like i said the win98 installation did report pre existing files so i am assuming they are intact as well. It's not as though it would read the linux partition would it?
But it did report that it detected a non DOS OS on the HD. Just have to see when i get this cable.
choasforages:
just because the virus doesn't do anything to linux/*tux knows when to use protection ;) */ it can still infect windows machins
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