Sophos

W95/Spaces

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
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Action

Please follow the instructions for disinfecting PE executables.

Please read the instructions for disinfecting PE executable viruses.

As this virus is not active in Windows NT/2000/XP there is no need to shut down any programs or services when disinfecting it.

More Information

W95/Spaces infects executable files (*.EXE).

On the 1st of June the virus overwrites the master boot record (MBR) with a sector containing no executable code, but a corrupt partition table. This means the hard disk will not boot up successfully until the MBR is repaired.

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