%%File: VIRS0396.TXT
%%Name/Aliases: Genb, genp, Generic Boot, GenericBoot, NewBug, New Bug
%%Platform: PC/MS-DOS
%%Type: Boot sector., NOT ANY PARTICULAR VIRUS!!!
%%Disk Location: Hard disk partition table.
%%Features: 
%%Damage: 
%%Size: 
%%See Also: Form, Brasil, AntiEXE
%%Notes: This is NOT a particular virus!  

McAfee's SCAN program says identifies some boot sector viruses as the 
"genb" or "genp" viruses when it finds a suspicious scanning string in 
the boot sector .  Viruses that have appeared that are identified as 
genb include FORM, AntiEXE and Brasil.  
Virhunt uses the name Generic Boot.
CPAV uses the name  New Bug.
Eradication may occur if you run SYS C:, but backup your hard disk 
first!

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from virus-l, v6-104:
There is no such thing as  "the  Generic Boot Virus".  What Scan means 
when  it  reports  GenB,  is  that  it  has  found  a piece  of highly 
suspicious code in the boot sector, but does not find a search  string 
belonging to any known virus.

This can mean:

    1) A new virus.
    2) A false alarm, for example if the boot sector contains some 
obscure security program.
    3) A damaged or partly overwritten copy of an old virus.

Determining exactly what is going on requires an analysis of the actual 
boot sector.

- -frisk

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