Question : Problem: Getting rid of ripper virus

My back-up computer, a Packard Bell 486sx with overdrive
processor at 50mhz, has the ripper virus.  I can't seem to
get rid of it.  I have tried using mcafee anti virus and
norton anti virus and neither will get rid of the virus.  
When I run either program (from clean floppy disks) it
gives me the message that I should reboot from a clean
floppy and run the program again but when I do, I get the
same message again.  It is strange because the virus infects
floppy disks that use and I inadvertantly passed the virus
to 2 other computers, however the procedure that mcafee
and norton recommend work on these other 2 computers but
not on the Packard Bell.  Any Ideas?

       Joe Perkinton

Answer : Problem: Getting rid of ripper virus

jcperkin...

Listen you have to be very patient, some of the viruses that act the same is the antiexe virus.  It does exactly what you say, and we spend sometimes half a day to try to solve the puzzle before we get it cleaned.

Steps to follow:

1) Using a CLEAN computer, create a win95 startup disk
2) Create also a config.sys, and add the line:
   device=a:\himem.sys
3) On the same clean computer, download the McAfee virus program    for DOS
4) Copy the virus program onto a floppy (or expand it)
5) NOW WRITE PROTECT THESE TWO FLOPPY'S
6) GO to the infected machine
7) Have the machine shutdown for at least 30 minutes.
8) Insert the startup disk in the floppy drive
9) Boot your system, and at the prompt, swicth floppy's and insert the virus program disk.
10) Run Scan c:/clean

If you have a not enought memory, let me know as you would have to create more base memory for the program to run

Even if this what you have done so far, don't get discourage. JUST REPEAT PERFORMANCE and you'll end up by cleaning it.

Regards