Q100392: McAfee SCAN Incorrectly Reports Israeli Boot [iboot] Virus

Article: Q100392
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 23-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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McAfee SCAN versions 99 and 100 may incorrectly report the Israeli Boot [iboot]
virus is active in memory if MS-DOS VSAFE is running.

This situation occurs when McAfee SCAN finds nonencrypted virus signatures in the
VSAFE memory segment used to store the virus signatures.

McAfee is researching this problem.

The SCAN product included here is manufactured by a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's
performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20 false positive v99 v100

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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