Re: problem with the mbr

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 10:37:14PM -0800, krishna suku wrote:
> 
> to whom ever it may concern,
>  
>  i am using red hat linux version 8.0
>  and i am also using nortan antivirus 
>   
>  i has been giving me message that there is a virus
>   like activity while over writing the mbr.
>  the version of the norton antivirus is 2003
>  please help me 
>         
>        thanking u,

Norton is complaining because something has written to the MBR.  That
something is either LILO or GRUB, I presume.  If Norton can be
convinced to take a new snapshot of the MBR that will stop the yipe.
If not, you may need to tell Norton to ignore the MBR.

Cheers,
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