Ripper virus removal

[Guest 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

[Guest John Dulak]

Re: Ripper virus removal

 

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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