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Remove any important files and shut down the infected
computer. You can not begin to remove the virus if it is in the RAM in your
computer.
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{START EDIT: NO boot virus are found in the BIOS - IF
your BIOS was infected by a virus your motherboard would likely be bricked.
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There is NO NEED TO FLASH BIOS! Please read the many
comments regarding this- these are found by clicking on the "Discuss"
Tab!!
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END EDIT}
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Download a new BIOS flash utility (must be DOS version)
and copy it to the bootable floppy you are about to make. These are found
at your motherboard manufacturer's website, or at your computer manufacturer's
website if you have a laptop.
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Create a bootable floppy from an uninfected computer.
Then write-protect the floppy.
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Remove the HDD (hard disk drive or hard drive) from the
infected computer. Be sure to remove all of the static electricity from
your self by touching the metal case.
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Start up the infected computer with the bootable floppy
in the floppy drive.
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When the BIOS setup page shows, Push the corresponding
key to change the Boot Order.
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Set the Floppy drive to boot first.
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Flash your BIOS with the utility provided by the
manufacturer. DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER UNTIL THE UTILITY TELLS YOU
THAT YOU CAN. DOING SO BEFORE IT IS FINISHED MAY PERMANENTLY DAMAGE YOUR
COMPUTER.
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Find out which company manufactures your HDD and see if
they have a utility that will do a Low-Level format. This part is important
because it deletes everything from your hard drive so that no one can get it
back, including the virus. Some common HDD manufacturers' tools for doing this
can be found here.
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Run the formatting utility provided by your HDD
manufacturer.
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Reinstall your Operating System of choice however you
want to.
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And the most important thing is that you use trusted
software to remove the virus or else you will be in more trouble (if that
software is infected).
