W32 Blast Worm Virus - "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message

[CG]

My son applied the MS patch to his XP PC and on the
reboot, now gets "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message and
obviously, his PC will not boot. Anyone else suffering
from a similar problem after installing Mictosoft's patch?

>-----Original Message-----
>I was first affected by this nasty virus on the night of
>the 11th. It made my system shut down. At first, I simply
>over-looked it and thought it was an internal problem
>with my computer. Thank God I did not resort to
>formatting the hard drive.
> Eventually, I visited www.symantec.com and downloaded
>the virus removal exe file. However, I had to disable the
>system restore in Windows XP before undertaking this. I
>was then prompted to download the patch. Every time I
>went to the Microsoft website I was re-infected with the
>virus before I could patch. What an unpleasant virus?
>Fortunately, we have a computer running Windows 98 SE
>which allowed me to download the file and transfer it
>onto my computer running XP. Finally, the problem was
>rectified.
> All I ask is why large companies were pre-empted about
>a month before about this type of virus and were issued
>with XP patches while home users and small businesses
>were left in the dark!
>
> Hereward
>.
>

[Andy Williams]

Was his machine ever infected?

"CG" > wrote in message
...
> My son applied the MS patch to his XP PC and on the
> reboot, now gets "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message and
> obviously, his PC will not boot. Anyone else suffering
> from a similar problem after installing Mictosoft's patch?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I was first affected by this nasty virus on the night of
> >the 11th. It made my system shut down. At first, I simply
> >over-looked it and thought it was an internal problem
> >with my computer. Thank God I did not resort to
> >formatting the hard drive.
> > Eventually, I visited www.symantec.com and downloaded
> >the virus removal exe file. However, I had to disable the
> >system restore in Windows XP before undertaking this. I
> >was then prompted to download the patch. Every time I
> >went to the Microsoft website I was re-infected with the
> >virus before I could patch. What an unpleasant virus?
> >Fortunately, we have a computer running Windows 98 SE
> >which allowed me to download the file and transfer it
> >onto my computer running XP. Finally, the problem was
> >rectified.
> > All I ask is why large companies were pre-empted about
> >a month before about this type of virus and were issued
> >with XP patches while home users and small businesses
> >were left in the dark!
> >
> > Hereward
> >.
> >

[CG]

It was not. He checked it with Symantec's detection tool
before applying the patch, and it showed clean.

>-----Original Message-----
>Was his machine ever infected?
>
>"CG" > wrote in message
...
>> My son applied the MS patch to his XP PC and on the
>> reboot, now gets "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message and
>> obviously, his PC will not boot. Anyone else suffering
>> from a similar problem after installing Mictosoft's
patch?
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I was first affected by this nasty virus on the night
of
>> >the 11th. It made my system shut down. At first, I
simply
>> >over-looked it and thought it was an internal problem
>> >with my computer. Thank God I did not resort to
>> >formatting the hard drive.
>> > Eventually, I visited www.symantec.com and
downloaded
>> >the virus removal exe file. However, I had to disable
the
>> >system restore in Windows XP before undertaking this. I
>> >was then prompted to download the patch. Every time I
>> >went to the Microsoft website I was re-infected with
the
>> >virus before I could patch. What an unpleasant virus?
>> >Fortunately, we have a computer running Windows 98 SE
>> >which allowed me to download the file and transfer it
>> >onto my computer running XP. Finally, the problem was
>> >rectified.
>> > All I ask is why large companies were pre-empted
about
>> >a month before about this type of virus and were issued
>> >with XP patches while home users and small businesses
>> >were left in the dark!
>> >
>> > Hereward
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

Perhaps he left the floppy in the drive when he rebooted.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"CG" > wrote in message
...
> It was not. He checked it with Symantec's detection tool
> before applying the patch, and it showed clean.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Was his machine ever infected?
> >
> >"CG" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> My son applied the MS patch to his XP PC and on the
> >> reboot, now gets "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message and
> >> obviously, his PC will not boot. Anyone else suffering
> >> from a similar problem after installing Mictosoft's
> patch?
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >I was first affected by this nasty virus on the night
> of
> >> >the 11th. It made my system shut down. At first, I
> simply
> >> >over-looked it and thought it was an internal problem
> >> >with my computer. Thank God I did not resort to
> >> >formatting the hard drive.
> >> > Eventually, I visited www.symantec.com and
> downloaded
> >> >the virus removal exe file. However, I had to disable
> the
> >> >system restore in Windows XP before undertaking this. I
> >> >was then prompted to download the patch. Every time I
> >> >went to the Microsoft website I was re-infected with
> the
> >> >virus before I could patch. What an unpleasant virus?
> >> >Fortunately, we have a computer running Windows 98 SE
> >> >which allowed me to download the file and transfer it
> >> >onto my computer running XP. Finally, the problem was
> >> >rectified.
> >> > All I ask is why large companies were pre-empted
> about
> >> >a month before about this type of virus and were issued
> >> >with XP patches while home users and small businesses
> >> >were left in the dark!
> >> >
> >> > Hereward
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >