Thus spake James Harper:
Does anyone know of any Linux tools for picking up the latest windows bootsector viruses?
If it's a Windows boot sector virus, just boot up your Windows CD and repair the boot loader. No need unnecessarily complicating matters by using a Linux CD that won't do the job properly anyway. I mean, where are you going to get a copy of a binary blob Windows boot sector from, anyway? Oh yeah, from Windows. For Windows XP, 2003, 2000, that will involve starting the Recovery Console (by booting off the CD and typing R when prompted), typing 'fixboot', then 'fixmbr', and rebooting. For Windows Vista, it will involve the 'bootsect' command, but I can't remember the exact switch off-hand. (See 'bootsect /?' which give you more than sufficient explanation.) If neither of the above fixes your problem, then you've got bigger problems than just boot sector viruses.