You should read the information at:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_10237.htm

about the AntiCMOS.A Virus.  As it states, this virus
doesn't affect modern PC's but may be affecting your older
PC's CMOS.  Note also that you have to boot in MSDOS to
detect memory resident viruses and cannot detect them
using Windows AV software. The floppies are probably
infected as McAfee claims (McAfee usually is setup to do a
"pre-windows" load scan in Windows 9x or ME).   The virus
*does* modify your hard drive controller settings
requiring it to run in compatibility mode.

Doug

At 12/8/2002 05:01 PM, JEROL MOORE wrote:

McFee claims there is a memory resident virus (ANTICMOS.A)
It also claims that all of the startup floppy disk and
other floppy disk are infected. Norton Utilities will not
install claiming there is a "memory resident virus"
however when the floppy disk are checked on another
computer NU finds no virus.

HD controller is Intel 82371 FB PCI Buss master IDE ,Child
1 &2 both show (!) Primary IDE controller (dual fifo).
Report indicates they are not working properly and the
system is running in "compatibility mode".

My CDROM would not install with factory software but works
fine with Dos installed from the startup floppy disk.

The system is and IBM compadable,133mhz pentium,48mb RAM,
CDROM is Mitsumi Fx 600 IDE ATAPI, sound card is ISA
Yamaha OPL3-SAx,and modem is Best Data 56k PCI.

Two hard disk "C" is newer 2gig Western Digital and "D" is
4gig Western Digital and has a bad sector. I installed the
operating system and other files from drive D to drive C
and reformated drive D.

All worked fine until I installed the new hard drive.
Somewhere in there I lost it. I have tried to un-install
the HD controller plus the first and second IDE drivers
using MS instructions. They reinstall the same way when
I restart.

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