boot sector alert

[Chakoro]

I am running Win 98SE and Norton Anti-Virus 2002.
I have NAV scheduled to scan all drives at 7pm each evening.
Yesterday NAV produced a red screen Boot Sector Alert.
I clicked on "not anticipated - reload old Boot Sector" and NAV continued without finding anything.
More worrying was that there was no report of what had happened, which drive, or anything.

Any ideas on what could have happened ?

 

[bmac50]

If this isn't happening every day Norton may have quarantined the file. You might want to try running an online virus scanner like HouseCall to see if it finds anything.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

 

[Crustyoldbloke]

Here we go again. I can't offer advice - sorry - but we have for a while been saying that Norton causes more problems than it fixes. Here's another classic example. I'm sure that others who have been following these "debates" will follow my drift. Regards
Phil

 

[wolluf]

Phil - just have to agree (with you!)

 

[Chakoro]

Thanks for the link to Housecall.

It found JS NOCLOSE.E in Temporary Internet Files/.../popup[1].htm which NAV doesn't seem to know about.

I couldn't see how to ask Housecall about what it does - does anyone know?

I should add that my ISP, austarnet.com.au , screens my mail before NAV gets it, and NAV has only ever found 1 virus.

The popup.htm file was part of a free animated gif library web-site - so beware!

 

[smah]

All the JS Noclose variants are Java Script and usually relate to pop-up browser windows. Here's some info:

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99279