Re: ATM 386 Notebook Virus Alert "Empire Monkey.b" virus

[jdo348@earthlink.net (Jerry Dove)]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 00:12:51 -0400, you wrote:

        Hi All, 
 
        I hate to tell you this, but I'm in a a school learning
computer networking right now and fdisking the hard drive won't get
rid of it I'm afraid.  You'll probably have to do a low level format
to get rid of it.  
        If your interested, I have a disk here that is made just to
get rid of such viruses and I'd be glad to send you a copy.  These are
nasty things and hard to get rid of.
        Hope this helps,  Let me know.

                Jerry
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>>That happened to me too, I was writing C++ code on mine, when I went to
>>compile it on the schools computer, it detected the Stoned.Empire.Monk
>>virus. I have been very bussy lately and haven't had a chance to make sure
>>it was the laptops and not the disks... I guess this means it is the
>>computer.
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>>How updated was your McAfee software? My schools software was outdated so I
>>told them there might be something else on there that it missed.
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>>-Justin Kelly
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>>p.s. The only way I can think of is either hook the laptop hardrive up to
>>your desktop and clean it with McAfee, or possibly fdisk it. I'm sure some
>>one else here would know what to to more better than I.>
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