>> Nope. But a process being permitted to rewrite the boot sector for
>> Windows was a new one for me.
>> I had hoped that the newer versions Windows (XP, Vista) would not permit
>> this.
>
> Boot sector viruses have been around for over a decade. Guess that author
> has been in a coma for that long.

Nope. The viruses I knew of were in DOS/Win3.1/Windows 95 days when the boot
sector was not protected, anyone could write to it practically.
You would think that under Win32 proper, the boot sector would be
off-limits.
This speaks more to me about Windows security than my being in a coma.

Stephen Howe