Boot Sector/MBR Infection

[Briguy]

Is there a free program that can remove Boot Sector/MBR Infections?

[evilfantasy]

Yes there is. You have to make sure it's infected first.

Download the MBR Rootkit Detector to your desktop.

• Doubleclick mbr.exe and follow prompts.
  
• A black DOS window will quickly appear then disappear.
• When mbr.exe is finished it will create a log on your desktop.
• Copy and paste contents of that log file to your next reply.

[Briguy]

Yes there is. You have to make sure it's infected first.

Download the MBR Rootkit Detector to your desktop.

• Doubleclick mbr.exe and follow prompts.
  
• A black DOS window will quickly appear then disappear.
• When mbr.exe is finished it will create a log on your desktop.
• Copy and paste contents of that log file to your next reply.

That's great. But what do you do when you can't boot into Windows. I can't get into the safe mode either. It's XP.

[evilfantasy]

That's most likely not a virus. Not in the MBR anyway.

Windows Repair Install?

[Briguy]

That's most likely not a virus. Not in the MBR anyway.

Windows Repair Install?

It does not see the repair option in Windows Installation.

[evilfantasy]

You can give this a try.

Avira AntiVir Rescue System

* Download the Avira AntiVir Rescue System
* Place a blank CD in your burner and double-click on the downloaded file.
* The program will automatically burn the CD for you.
* Place the burned CD into the affected computer and start the computer with the CD in the CD tray.
* On the bottom left side of the screen there are 2 flags.  Using your mouse click on the British flag to use English.
* Click on the Configuration button.

- Select Scan all files
- Select Try to repair infected files and Rename files, if they cannot be removed
- Select Scan for dialers
- Select Scan for joke programs (Jokes)
- Select Scan for games
- Select Scan for spyware (SPR)

* Click on Virus scanner
* Click on Start scanner at the bottom of the screen

[Briguy]

You can give this a try.

Avira AntiVir Rescue System

* Download the Avira AntiVir Rescue System
* Place a blank CD in your burner and double-click on the downloaded file.
* The program will automatically burn the CD for you.
* Place the burned CD into the affected computer and start the computer with the CD in the CD tray.
* On the bottom left side of the screen there are 2 flags.  Using your mouse click on the British flag to use English.
* Click on the Configuration button.



- Select Scan all files
- Select Try to repair infected files and Rename files, if they cannot be removed
- Select Scan for dialers
- Select Scan for joke programs (Jokes)
- Select Scan for games
- Select Scan for spyware (SPR)

* Click on Virus scanner
* Click on Start scanner at the bottom of the screen

Umm it would be great if it was in English and at least 800x600 Resolution.