Re: LOST EVERYTHING on F: from Virus Is C: at Risk now?

From: Malke (notreally_at_invalid.com)
Date: 10/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 05:04:20 -0700

MadHadderall wrote:

> I just recently installed a secondary drive (F:) so I would have
> somewhere to
> put misc. files and huge downloads. About 10 mins ago I was prompted
> to run
> scan disk. The message looked as authentic as can be, maybe it was.
> However, I just got back from rebooting and, the F: Drive won't
> function.
> It's asking me to format it. What can i do to protect my C: Drive? ,
> Is
> the virus/whatever's threat finished? What's the deal? What can I
> do to recover anything? and what do people get out of infecting other
> peoples PCs?

How do you know it was a virus? What antivirus do you have installed?
Please tell us the name, version, and whether your virus definitions
subscription is current.

Since you mention "Scandisk", you are running Win9x/ME since there is no
Scandisk in XP. Win2k and XP use Chkdsk. So, what operating system are
you running? If you are running XP and were fooled into running malware
called "Scandisk", then what Service Pack level do you have?

If you don't have a full-featured antivirus installed, you can scan with
Sysclean. Details and instructions are here:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

If you can get to the Internet, you can use Dave Lipman's Multi-AV
instead if you like:
http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm

In any case, scan with one of those programs. After the scan is
finished, get and install a full-featured av, update it, and do a
thorough scan in Safe Mode.

Report back your findings for more focused troubleshooting. Depending on
the results, data may be recoverable from your secondary drive. If you
have a virus, most definitely all Windows drives are at risk.

Malke 

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