BIOS virus?!?!?

Randy-GRandy-G
edited June 2003 in Hardware
I'm about to mess with a friend's ABIT KR7A/133 RAID to try to solve a problem. He says that immediately after formatting and reinstalling Windows and Norton, he gets a virus alert. Among the ones he says are listed are Mumu, LGate, and Nebiw. He says he's low level formatted his HD as well. Any clues as to what I should look for?

Comments

  • timinatortiminator PA
    edited June 2003
    might just be norton, the virus things are usually ultra paranoid
  • karatekidkaratekid Ogdensburg, NY
    edited June 2003
    Does Norton give the alert out of the blue, or does it happen when doing a system scan? Also, which version of Norton is he running, and has he ran Live Update?
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Try turning on "Boot time Virus scan" or something named similar in the BIOS, as most Mobos have this option. It will find a bootblock or BIOS virus if there is one.

    NS
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited June 2003
    After he low-leveled... did he ever install software off a disk or cd that he had made not bought? If so he reinfected his own machine again probably.

    Can his virus software not simply finish cleaning the disk?

    Tex
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