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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Crazy Boot Computer virus

Crazy Boot is a computer virus that is capable of infecting the computers running on Windows. It spreads through the floppy disks. When a host computer is booted from a floppy disk infected by the Crazy Boot virus, the virus starts infecting the host computer. However it does not cause any physical damage or direct loss of information. It is a boot virus. It infects a computer only when the computer is booted from an infected disk. When a computer is booted from an infected floppy, then Crazy Boot infects the Master Boot Record. It reads the highest memory location from the RAM and reside in the highest memory location. Once it gets in to the memory, it starts infecting files that are not write protected.
Crazy Boot virus is a stealth virus. If you try to examine the infected boot sector, it displays the correct boot sector information. It also displays the message:

DON'T PLAY WITH THE PC!
OTHERWISE YOU WILL GET IN 'DEEP, DEEP' TROUBLE!. . .
CRAZY BOOT VER. 1.0

There is a very low chance for a computer get infected bu the Crazy Boot virus today since the era of floppy disk is almost over and due to the security measures included in the Windows available today in the market. It is very risky to disinfect the boot sector using the FDISK/MBR. It is because Crazy Boot virus will not place the MBR in its correct location. But the location is known to Crazy Boot virus. It is better to use a proper antivirus to remove the virus.


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