28 Dec
1998
28 Dec
'98
3:32 p.m.
In a message dated 28/12/98 16:03:08 GMT Standard Time, marvin(a)rain.org
writes:
I suspect a virus, but my antivius software
Many stealth viruses can hide from virus checkers as well as not showing the
memory they occcupy as used. When you ran the scanner did you boot from a
_known_clean_ write protected floppy, this is essential for reliable scanning.
Also, you do not say what virus scanning software you are using bear in mind
that MS anti virus doesn't detect many common viruses.
Regards
Pete
didn't find one, but I don't really trust
it. I only really trust it if
it
find a virus...)
One of the ways I use to check for a virus is to run CHKDSK and look at the
total memory. For a number of viruses I have seen, the normal number of
655360 gets reduced to some other value. 
28 Dec
28 Dec
7:10 p.m.
Many stealth viruses can hide from virus checkers as
well as not showing the
memory they occcupy as used. When you ran the scanner did you boot from a
_known_clean_ write protected floppy, this is essential for reliable scanning.
Also, you do not say what virus scanning software you are using bear in mind
that MS anti virus doesn't detect many common viruses.
Yes, I booted from a write protected floppy, but before that I did a
virus scan with a normal boot.
And of course I don't use MS Anit Virus. IIRC, it hasn't been
updated since 1992 when Windows 3.1 shipped!
Regards
Pete
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