I've never had an MBR virus, but I have used fdisk /mbr to get rid of a bootloader, and it worked very well. It doesn't damage anything on your FAT32 partitions, if that's what you're worried about.

Realizing that your computer is infected with a virus can be a heart-stopping moment, but there's no need to panic. Viruses or other malware can have a devastating effect on your PC, slowing its ...

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Malware evolves in trends. Yesterday’s boot virus is today’s Web server exploit program. Malware follows popularity, and it morphs to get past ubiquitous defenses. Understanding the growing trends in ...

Malware and alarmism over its proliferation are nothing new -- and the latest boot-sector rootkit will be cured soon enough The sophistication of the TDL rootkit and the global expanse of its botnet ...