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Date:        Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:07:54 -0600
From:      "Shannon Wheeler" <swheeler@altech.ab.ca>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Virus after install?
Message-ID:  <05e201bf1bde$fa7f4e40$0307070a@shannon-s>

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-----Original Message-----
From: tshannon <toddshan@holly.colostate.edu>
Date: October 21, 1999 9:15 AM


>I downloaded FreeBSD ISO from ftp4.freebsd.org.  After performing the
>install, and getting FreeBSD to sort of run, I headed back to windows to
>do some homework.
>
>While booting, Nortons AntiVirus now reports the BLOODHOUND.MBR virus in
>my master boot record.
>
>The only thing I had done since the last boot was install FreeBSD.  So,
>obviously, I have removed FreeBSD and got to work on removing the
>BLOODHOUND.MBR as well.
>
>#1: Is the Bloodhound.MBR FreeBSD's boot loader, and not a virus?


Yes. This is what NortonAV calls all suspected viruses that it doesn't have
another name for. This is because of what it calls it's 'BloodHound'
technology.

It would certainly be nice to have the option to turn off boot sector
scanning ;-)

Shannon




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