Re: [LI] Virus warning after installation > Pls help

["Dr.K.S.Sangunni" <sangu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
I had the same problem. But it loaded 6.1 and also my xwindows and  worked
with the sis card. I had some problem in running xwindows with 6.0. I also
got the virus varning, But I ignored it and working ok. I checked with
known virus software and no virus found.
regards
sangunni

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Anand Raman wrote:

> HI guys
> I forgot to mention a few points
> 1.    After installing all the packages the system went for a toss and didnt
> show me the exit button even after 20 or so odd minutes .There was no
> hardidsk activitity for all this timeI have a PII 350 128MB and 4.3 G HDD. So
> obviously had to reset the system
> 2.    The next time i booted the machine i got this virus warning. On
> ignoring the warning I am able to boot into linux and use it normally.
> Now whats happening
> Please advise
> Anand
> 
> Anand Raman wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys
> >
> > I installed RedHat 6.1 from the November PCQ cd .. However after the
> > install when i tried to restart the computer it started giving me a
> > Virus warning
> >
> > The exact message is this
> > "Trident ChipAwayVirus has detected a boot virus on your hardisk"
> >
> > Prior to this installation i had SuSE 6.0 running happily on the system
> > with a idle dos partition which i used for some archiving purposes from
> > Linux only .It has been ages since i have booted into DOS and on top of
> > that I havent installed Windows95 .This is the first time this warning
> > is getting flashed from the bios
> >
> > Questions
> > *********
> >     1.    What could be the possible causes for it ..
> >     2.    Will doing a fdisk /mbr help
> >     3.    Is there anything equivalent to fdisk /mbr in linux
> >     4.    Will reconfiguring LILO help
> >
> > These are just a novice guesses . Gurus please advise
> > Thanx for u r time and help
> > Bye
> > Anand
> >
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