Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:40:50 +0200 From: Andreas Berg <andy@flame.org> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD detected as a virus.. Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991029133747.0164c2b0@atlantis.fukt.hk-r.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910291326400.6291-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> References: <4.2.0.58.19991029131003.0164f400@atlantis.fukt.hk-r.se>
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At 13:36 1999-10-29 , Konrad Heuer wrote: >On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Andreas Berg wrote: > > > I have FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE installed, a snapshot from 26/9. I also have > > Windows 98 installed, and with Win98 I use Norton Antivirus to keep my > > system clean of viruses. Something in FreeBSD is detected as a > > Bloodhound.MBR virus and if I choose repair, FreeBSD dissapears from my > > system as if it never existed. Has anyone else experienced this? > >The `booteasy' boot manager that comes with FreeBSD is typically written >to the MBR (master boot record) of your hard disk during installation. >Probably Norton Antivirus has eliminated the boot manager. Actually, it eliminated the partition info aswell ;/ >Boot from floppy/cd into the install program again, choose post-install >configuration, fdisk disk slice editor, don't change anything, type `w' >for write, select then boot manager installation, type `q' for quit and >leave the whole thing. I tried that, FreeBSD fdisk detected the harddrive slice I used for FreeBSD as unused ;/ >You will be able to boot the hard installation again, but you may want the >protect the MBR of your hard disk against modification before by an >appropriate bios setting (often but not always supported). After that, >Norton Antivirus won't be able to eliminate booteasy again, and no virus >will be able to copy itself into the MBR. I have that setting on now, however, it is unlikely that I will let Norton Antivirus 'repair' my MBR again ;) > Konrad Heuer regards, Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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