%%File: VIRS0539.TXT
%%Name/Aliases: Merritt, Alameda, Yale,  Golden Gate, 500 Virus, 
Mazatlan, Peking, Seoul, SF Virus
%%Platform: PC/MS-DOS
%%Type: Boot sector., 
%%Disk Location: Floppy disk boot sector.
%%Features: Memory resident; TSR.
%%Damage: Corrupts boot sector, Corrupts the file linkages or the FAT.
%%Size: Overlays boot sector, no increase
%%See Also: 
%%Notes: Track 39 sector 8 is used to save the original boot record, and 
any file there will be overwritten. Destroys the FAT after some length 
of time. It spreads when the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence is used with an 
uninfected diskette in the boot drive. The Golden Gate variation will 
reformat drive C: after n infections.  Infects Floppies Only. Spreads 
between floppy disks.  Unbootable disks, destroyed files. 80286 systems 
crash.   Compare boot sector of infected disk with a "real" system disk. 
If different: check track 39,  sector 8; if this contains the real boot 
blocks.  Execute a SYS command to reinstall real boot block and system 
file from a clean disk.