Junkie virus

Discussion in 'NOD32 version 2 Forum' started by UncleFester, Jul 12, 2005.

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  1. UncleFester

    UncleFester Registered Member

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    Longtime NOD32 user, first time poster

    Have Maxtor 80Gb HD, 1 partition, only HD. XP Home, SP2.
    NOD32 tells me "MBR sector of the 1. physical disk contains virus Junkie."
    I'm aware that Junkie affects .com & .exe files, but until I remove it from the MBR, there's no point re-installing. After much Googling I'm none the wiser. Please help.

    Regards Greg
     
  2. Blackspear

    Blackspear Global Moderator

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    Hi Greg, welcome to Wilders.

    With this issue can you please send an email to support@nod32.com and place a link to this thread.

    We would appreciate if you could keep us in the loop with your progress, as we all learn this way…

    Cheers :D
     
  3. Marcos

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    To remove viruses from the boot and MBR sectors, you'll need to use NOD32 for DOS.
     
  4. UncleFester

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    Hey Mark
    I re-booted to "Safe Mode with Command Prompt", upacked & installed "noddosen", ran NOD32DOS with various /s+, /scanboot+, /scanmem+, /doboots, but it keeps coming up with the line "MBR and boot sector - not tested on WinNT/2000 platform" and continues with the file scan. Is there something in the WINXP or Nod32DOS setup that I'm doing wrong?

    Regards Greg






    On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:50:01 +1000, Marek <zeman@eset.sk> wrote:

    Hi Greg,

    since Windows denies access to crucial system areas, it's necessary to boot
    to DOS and use NOD32 for DOS to clean the MBR sector of your disk.





    Best regards,

    Mark


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  5. Marcos

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    You'll need to create a bootable Win9x diskette and boot from it. It's not possible to use NOD32 for DOS to clean the boot / MBR sectors in Safe mode.
     
  6. UncleFester

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    I cold-started with the WIN98 boot-disk from my other machine & it doesn't
    see the NTFS HD (C in WIN98 boot is a RAMdrive) Without re-learning
    config.sys & autoexec.bat (which I don't want to do) the only way I can see
    to fix the problem is to re-format & install WINXP. Any ideas?

    Regards Greg
     
  7. Marcos

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    I reckon there are command fixboot and fixmbr available in the Windows XP recovery console. Have you tried that?
     
  8. UncleFester

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    Sorry, have WINXP Home, not PRO
     
  9. alglove

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    That's OK. You can still get to the WinXP Recovery Console with WinXP Home. The procedure is the same for Home and Professional...

    Boot to the WinXP CD. After it loads, you will be given the option to repair using the Recovery Console. Hit "R", and you will be taken to a black command line environment. It will ask for your Administrator password. If you do not have one, just hit Enter.

    Once you get there, you can type in help for a list of the available commands. If you want help on a particular command, just follow it with "/?"; for example, fixmbr /? .
     
  10. UncleFester

    UncleFester Registered Member

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    Hey Alglove

    Your detailed instructions seemed to have worked! I did the windows
    recovery thing (fixmbr) & shut the machine down, to clear RAM. Started
    it up again & ran NOD32 & it came up clean. I then ran several other
    programs one at a time (in between shutdowns) to see if they had been infected and they came up clean too! Thank you very much.
    Regards also to Marcos, Marek (same guy?) & Blackspear for making my transition from ignorance to knowledge an easier path.

    Regards Greg

    ps If the virus rears it's ugly head again, I'll be back
    pps Wilders is now happily bookmarked
     
  11. fosius

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    Yes, same guy... :D
     
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