C9) Is my disk infected with the Stoned virus?

Of course the answer to this, and many similar questions, is to obtain
a good virus detector.  There are many to choose from, including ones
that will scan diskettes automatically as you use them.  Remember to
check all diskettes, even non-system ("data") diskettes.

It is possible, if you have an urgent need to check a system when
you don't have any anti-viral tools, to boot from a clean system
diskette, and use the CHKDSK method (mentioned in C1) to see if it is
in memory, then look at the boot sector with a disk editor.  Usually
the first few bytes will indicate the characteristic far jump of the
Stoned virus; however, you could be looking at a perfectly good disk
that has been "innoculated" against the virus, or at a diskette that
seems safe but contains a totally different type of virus.


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