haaalp! sircam has struck!

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08-07-2001, 12:16 AM
salehrules

haaalp! sircam has struck!

hi guys!
this virus dude has killed my friend's pc... it's a thinkpad.
at first she couldn't boot, and so my friend booted her up with a win me bootdisk (she, btw, runs 98). he tried (this dude was trying to help her out) formatting, but when it says that could not read disk or something of that sort.
any ideas... it's a laptop hd, so i'm having problems attaching to to a desktop... is there anything i can do right away..
thanks!

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08-07-2001, 12:27 AM
K()th

DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT ATACH THAT TO YOUR SYSTEM!!!! my friend did that when a desktop of his got it then he put that one in his uninfected one to delelte it and it jumped onto his hard drive man was he pissed when he lost all his data on both systems

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08-07-2001, 12:30 AM
salehrules

dang! thanks for the info dude.. i didn't know it was that contagious!
no wonder the thing was knighted! https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif

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08-07-2001, 12:36 AM
K()th

yeah my friend had a hell of a time he had to take one out format the one that he left in then take that one out and put the other back and formatt it then reinstall windows but he lost all his papers and game updates and everything else

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08-07-2001, 12:46 AM
salehrules

that must suck.. i haven't done my hw on sir cam, since i've got way too much work at the moment, but doesn't any antivirus block it....

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08-07-2001, 01:42 AM
K()th

i believe that if you have the latest norton it will catch it... i think

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08-07-2001, 01:46 AM
salehrules

risky, mah friend..
any ideas on how to format the hd...

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08-07-2001, 01:48 AM
K()th

not sure could you give me the exact error your intial statement wasnt very clear

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08-07-2001, 02:02 AM
Ymaster

Attach the other drive..But first:
Remove your harddrives!
Boot with a floopy you can toss away!
And then format that DOG!

Hope that helps.. =)

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08-07-2001, 02:14 AM
salehrules

there is an error with formatting... i can't format using the bootdisk.. i was thinking will some disk utility program like ndd help....
and how do i attach the laptop hd... i haven't opened this one up yet ( i barely had time to look at it) but i thought you had different connectors...
are you sure the latestt version of norton will prevent me from being infected...
thanks

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08-07-2001, 07:50 AM
blt

Maybe this will help: SirCam Removal Tool
08-07-2001, 08:09 PM
salehrules

dude,
thanks for the link, but the thing is:
the drive cannot be formatted, and i wonder if the data on it is still valid. what you've given me might have worked during the first few days of infestation, but right now, it seems that the virus done too much damage. this removal tool just edits the registry so sircam doesn't load and what not, but it can't be used in a non-windows system that's been killed...

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08-07-2001, 08:13 PM
tu2thepoo

there might be a low-level format option in the BIOS. if it works, it'd wipe out everything, I believe.

Or you can just hold a really REALLY strong magnet to it https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/06/6.gif
08-07-2001, 08:27 PM
salehrules

i've thought of that... http://dev.www.sharkyforums.forums.relay.cool/ this bios version doesn't have that option.. http://dev.www.sharkyforums.forums.relay.cool/
thanks though.
any other suggestions anyone...

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08-08-2001, 12:54 AM
salehrules

Update:
i ran norton utilities (by booting off that cd) and i tried to check the DOS boot sector and what not, but the problem is that it freezes at 0% and then skips to the next item... I don't know what to do. The drive is there at times, read perhaps a gig less, but still there.... I can see the sectors and stuff..
any ideas ... should i try opening the laptop and attaching that hd as master to a computer with a better BIOS (one with a low level format option) or is there something I can do without doing that....
thanks.

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