Stoned.Standard

Stoned.Standard is the basis for many viruses. Stoned.Standard infects the DOS boot sector on floppy disks and the master boot record (MBR) of the first hard drive (80h). It is not a stealth virus, does not infect files, and cannot infect over networks.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version December 18, 2000
• Latest Rapid Release version December 18, 2000
• Initial Daily Certified version December 18, 2000
• Latest Daily Certified version December 18, 2000
• Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low