scan boot sector

Discussion in 'Software' started by ekih, Nov 4, 2006.

  1. ekih

    ekih Private E-2

    I have had some problems on my computer not booting up. One thing that was metioned that I may have a virus in the boot sector.
    How do scan the boot sector without booting up?
     
    ekih, Nov 4, 2006
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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Most av programs will scan the boot sector when they run ....what issues are you having?
     
    TimW, Nov 4, 2006
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  3. ekih

    ekih Private E-2

    Not able to boot at all. Only boots to choose boot type. (normal, safe etc.)
    Will not boot at all past that, comes back to the start. I have posted about this problem and it was metioned that a possible boot sector virus. But how do I scan the boot sector without booting up?
    When I tried the recovery concil I found that my hard drive letters were screwed up. I didn't have a C: drive showing. I know that my C: drive is my main drive with my OS.
     
    ekih, Nov 4, 2006
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  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Oh .....misread the original post ......arrrgggg ....you could download clamwin to a flash drive .....no ....pull the drive out and slave it to another computer and scan ...or online with bitdefender ....
     
    TimW, Nov 4, 2006
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