Ripper virus removal

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David W

Hello, I've not used this group before but if someone could point me in the
right direction I would be grateful. Trying to fix friends laptop with 98
installed. Gets just past boot up then we get Norton warning (in a DOS
screen) that the "Ripper virus was found in memory" and to press ok to
continue. The screen then tells me I need a Norton rescue boot disk then
shuts down the laptop.

I know this seems a bit dense but I just thought I'd check that, given I
don't have such a rescue disk nor am I likely to locate it, is there
anything at all I can do other than throw the thing away? I could reload 98
if I could find a way to reformat the disc (and find the original disc) I
suppose but I need to get past the virus warning stage first as it will
allow no further action.

Many thanks, David Williams
 
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John Dulak

David W wrote:
> Hello, I've not used this group before but if someone could point me in the
> right direction I would be grateful. Trying to fix friends laptop with 98
> installed. Gets just past boot up then we get Norton warning (in a DOS
> screen) that the "Ripper virus was found in memory" and to press ok to
> continue. The screen then tells me I need a Norton rescue boot disk then
> shuts down the laptop.
>
> I know this seems a bit dense but I just thought I'd check that, given I
> don't have such a rescue disk nor am I likely to locate it, is there
> anything at all I can do other than throw the thing away? I could reload 98
> if I could find a way to reformat the disc (and find the original disc) I
> suppose but I need to get past the virus warning stage first as it will
> allow no further action.
>
> Many thanks, David Williams
>
>


David:

Try these sites:

http://www.anti-virus-anti-spam.com/anti-virus/virus_info/boot/ripper.htm

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2000-121809-5135-99&tabid=3

HTH & GL

John

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