Guest David W Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 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 Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 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 -- \\\||/// ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o---------------- ----------------------------()-------------------------- '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. '' John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6
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