How best to deal w/ master boot record virus

Looks like I've got a master boot record virus. I want to know what my options are. GMER included this worrisome report in a very long and complex report: - Disk sectors - GMER 1.0.15 - Disk DeviceHarddisk2DR5 sector 00: rootkit-like behavior ...

Message posted on the January 16th, 2012 - 3:07 AM ET

Stormfly: a Ubuntu desktop on the wrist

The scenario is well known: it is difficult to trust your children on the family computer, between the parental controls that need to be set and the increased risk of virus contamination; the simple use of separate user accounts just isn’t enough. ...

News published on the February 5th, 2013 - 3:14 PM ET

Acronis True Image 10 Home Test

Whether it is a user error, hardware problem or a virus infection, we are never completely protected from the consequences of data loss. The recovery of relevant data is a tricky one, without forgetting the amount of time this takes to reinstall ...

Review published on the November 13th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

IPCopper, Inc. Releases New Gigabit Network Security Appliance for Network Monitoring and Forensics

IPCopper, Inc. announces the release of its newest packet capture appliance, which records and helps detect even the newest threats that bypass and overwhelm firewalls, anti-virus products and network security tools. ...

Press published on the May 30th, 2012 - 8:07 AM ET

Samsung and Google Introduce the Second-Generation Chromebook and the World’s First Chromebox

New Products Boot in Seconds with Samsung’s Advanced Engineering and Google Chrome Operating System.

Press published on the May 29th, 2012 - 1:06 PM ET

Wyse Introduces Xenith Pro, the Most Advanced Zero Client for XenDesktop and VDI-Based Cloud Computing Deployments

Wyse Xenith™ and Xenith Pro™ Combine High Performance, HDX User Experience, Complete Virus and Malware Immunity.

Press published on the May 25th, 2011 - 12:00 PM ET

Comparison of System Backup solutions

Your Windows restore system doesn’t work, your PC will no longer boot and there is nothing you can do to fix the problem meaning that the only solution is to reinstall the system and there is no guarantee that your data will be safe. Such problems ...

Review published on the March 25th, 2007 - 6:00 PM ET

Windows XP repair tools

When your computer gets infected, locks up during a procedure, fails during an installation or you encounters a driver or hardware problem, then you may need to get your hands into the engine to see what's going on. Here are a range of tools that ...

Review published on the July 19th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

cannot boot ubuntu12.04 from CD (must mount partitions to recover data + reinstall windows 7 + ubuntu 12.04).

Hello, I've had a windows + linux ubuntu 11.04 dual boot sony vaio laptop. Everything was working fine until one day my windows 7 got a virus so I could only boot into Linux. The virus was damaging my hard drive so I did not keep booting into ...

Message posted on the May 14th, 2012 - 5:45 PM ET

Secure boot / Palladium reborn - does not indemnify users against virus infections

Secure boot / Palladium reborn - does not indemnify users against virus infections - Windwoes computers are just as vulnerable to malware, spyware, trojans, virus, and fly by infection with and without secure boot. No point in owning windblows ...

Message posted on the July 13th, 2012 - 5:50 PM ET

Virus in SeaMonkey 2.10.1 profile file on Win 7

I dual boot Win7 and Mandriva Linux and tonight I'm on my Linux platform. On both OS, I use SeaMonkey Suite (think Firefox browser plus Thunderbird email/newsgroups plus other bits) with the profile used for both installations stored on my Windows 7 ...

Message posted on the June 24th, 2012 - 6:52 AM ET

Avira Premium Anti-Virus Bug Disables Windows Machines

<http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/15/1358209/avira-premium-anti-virus-bug-disables-windows-machines> <quote> "Seem [anti-virus vendor] Avira is having difficulty with a update of all their Premium customers. A update that has ...

Message posted on the May 15th, 2012 - 11:43 AM ET

Resycled/boot.com (virus)

I don’t know if this is strictly a hardware problem, but if I am in the wrong newsgroup, perhaps someone will re-direct me. I am running a desktop machine with Win XP Pro SP3. I have dual, but separate and fitted hard drives, C: which ...

Message posted on the January 20th, 2009 - 4:15 PM ET

Boot sector virus

Googled but still very confused. Running Win XP Pro with SP3. Just done a Norton Ghost successfully but when it had finished and rebooted it put up 'Boot Sector Virus Continue Y/N'. I wanted the machine back up so clicked Y and everything seems to ...

Message posted on the August 25th, 2011 - 7:32 PM ET

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