Where's this message coming from?

I have a A8N-SLI premium with AMD dual core CPU. I recently had a virus
which I've successfully removed but at boot up I get the message "You may
have a virus" or something like that and I have to press "enter" twice to
get the system to boot. Where does this message come from and how do I get
rid of it?

From: "Robert"

| I have a A8N-SLI premium with AMD dual core CPU. I recently had a virus
| which I've successfully removed but at boot up I get the message "You may
| have a virus" or something like that and I have to press "enter" twice to
| get the system to boot. Where does this message come from and how do I get
| rid of it?
|

Look in the BIOS sttings.
It sound like a protection scheme for Boot Sector Infectors.

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A virus module that you missed could be trying to modify the boot
sector, and boot sector virus protection could be turned on in the BIOS.
If that is the case (I can only speculate), the message is coming from
the Virus, because something is trying to write to the boot sector.
That protection can be turned off in BIOS setup, but I'd be hesitant to
do so until I knew what was trying to write to the boot sector (and why).


Robert wrote:

I have a A8N-SLI premium with AMD dual core CPU. I recently had a virus
which I've successfully removed but at boot up I get the message "You may
have a virus" or something like that and I have to press "enter" twice to
get the system to boot. Where does this message come from and how do I get
rid of it?

The reference won't necessarily be to a virus, it may be to the boot
sector. But this is a pretty universal feature, it's probably present.
However, I'd be real hesitant to turn this off until you understand
what's going on and why.


Robert wrote:

Thanks Dave, I've looked in the bios setup, maybe I'm blind but I can't find
reference to a virus there.
rtm
"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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From: "Robert"

| I have a A8N-SLI premium with AMD dual core CPU. I recently had a virus
| which I've successfully removed but at boot up I get the message "You
may
| have a virus" or something like that and I have to press "enter" twice
to
| get the system to boot. Where does this message come from and how do I
get
| rid of it?
|

Look in the BIOS sttings.
It sound like a protection scheme for Boot Sector Infectors.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

Thanks Barry -- I might add that the hard drive has been formatted at least
twice and 3 virus scanners run (in dos mode) and have all come up empty
handed. I'm unable to find any reference to virus protection in the boot
configuration.
rtm
"Barry Watzman" wrote in message
...
A virus module that you missed could be trying to modify the boot sector,
and boot sector virus protection could be turned on in the BIOS. If that is
the case (I can only speculate), the message is coming from the Virus,
because something is trying to write to the boot sector. That protection
can be turned off in BIOS setup, but I'd be hesitant to do so until I knew
what was trying to write to the boot sector (and why).


Robert wrote:

I have a A8N-SLI premium with AMD dual core CPU. I recently had a virus
which I've successfully removed but at boot up I get the message "You may
have a virus" or something like that and I have to press "enter" twice to
get the system to boot. Where does this message come from and how do I
get rid of it?

Thanks Barry -- I might add that the hard drive has been formatted at
least twice and 3 virus scanners run (in dos mode) and have all come up
empty handed. I'm unable to find any reference to virus protection in the
boot configuration.

Did you use "FDISK /MBR" before partitioning and formatting?
Info he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69013/en-us

"Friedrich Wuelfing" blabbered in
:

Thanks Barry -- I might add that the hard drive has been formatted at
least twice and 3 virus scanners run (in dos mode) and have all come
up empty handed. I'm unable to find any reference to virus protection
in the boot configuration.

Did you use "FDISK /MBR" before partitioning and formatting?
Info he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69013/en-us


Unfortunately, not many people seem to know about the MBR switch, thinking
a simple format will cure any hard disk problem. As you know - that's just
not so.

Don't click at all on the OK button. It may be equivalent to accept a
malware.
Either it's an hoax or a kind of spyware or worse. Download Hijackthis,
launch it and post your report on the appropriate site to get help.
Everything is well explained within the HiJackThis package.
Good luck

"Robert" a écrit dans le message news:
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I have a A8N-SLI premium with AMD dual core CPU. I recently had a virus
which I've successfully removed but at boot up I get the message "You may
have a virus" or something like that and I have to press "enter" twice to
get the system to boot. Where does this message come from and how do I get
rid of it?

From: "frischmoutt"

| Don't click at all on the OK button. It may be equivalent to accept a
| malware.
| Either it's an hoax or a kind of spyware or worse. Download Hijackthis,
| launch it and post your report on the appropriate site to get help.
| Everything is well explained within the HiJackThis package.
| Good luck

I really don't think there is a need to run HJT in this scenario.

However....

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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

Ben Dover writes:
"Friedrich Wuelfing" blabbered in
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Thanks Barry -- I might add that the hard drive has been formatted at
least twice and 3 virus scanners run (in dos mode) and have all come
up empty handed. I'm unable to find any reference to virus protection
in the boot configuration.

Did you use "FDISK /MBR" before partitioning and formatting?
Info he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69013/en-us


Unfortunately, not many people seem to know about the MBR switch, thinking
a simple format will cure any hard disk problem. As you know - that's just
not so.

A low-level format of the hard-drive would, though.

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