Generic Boot Virus

Virus Name: Generic Boot Aliases: V Status: N/A Discovered: N/A Symptoms: N/A Origin: N/A Eff Length: N/A Type Code: GBX - Generic Boot Sector / Master Boot Sector Infector Detection Method: [Not in Certification Set] Removal Instructions: DOS SYS or MDisk /P General Comments: Some anti-viral programs may detect boot sector and master boot sector (partition table) viruses using techniques which look for similar functions or characteristics within the virus code. These programs may identify such viruses as "generic boot" viruses. Boot viruses which may be identified by some programs as Generic Boot, and are identified in separate entries in VSUM are: Fish Boot Guillon Keydrop Max Queens Tony Boot Windmill If you have a virus detected as a generic boot virus which does not match one of the above, please submit a copy of it on diskette to the author of VSUM for inclusion in the next release.