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

[Bill Gillespie <bgillespie@pcrs.net>]

Thanks Justin,

Will a good old fashioned [  format c:  ] and a clean install of dos
take care of this and any other potential virus problems? 

Thanks in advance.

Bill



Jerry Dove wrote:
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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 My schools software was outdated so I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.
> >>
> >>-Justin Kelly
> >>
> >>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.>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >