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  From: Craig Mann <manno@riverland.net.au>
  To  : Nour Douchi <nourdouchi@hotmail.com>
  Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:39:41 +1030

Re: Is it really A VIRUS?

At 17:19 13/02/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I have a strange situation at my hand:
>I bought RedHat 6.1 Linux Operating Sytem package to end the frustration 
>that I had with the non-installable downloads.  That's not the issue though.
>After installing RH 6.1, when it tried to load linux after hitting enter 
>at the LILO: prompt, my ChipAwayVirus guard alarmed for the existence of a 
>boot virus.  Here is the message that was displayed on the screen:
>================================================================= 
>Trend ChipAwayVirus has detected a boot virus on your hard drive.  The 
>operating system is not supported by ChipAwayVirus.
>
>=================================================================

I have exactly the same problem with RH6.1.  I ended up disabling the Virus 
detector in the BIOS, or you could do a fdisk  /mbr and remove lilo that 
fixes the problem, but then you would have to use a boot disc to access 
linux, a valid option if it's not your primary OS.

Cheers!!!

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