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Article #51Re: Stoned Virus
From: Kurt Wismer
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 00:00
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GroundHog (kreidi@bigpond.com) wrote: : CMOS viruses are real - no doubt for me! I suggest to contact McAfee or the : like for more detailed answers - there are quite some large virus families : with cmos subtypes! Depending on the cmos chip there is more or : less 'waste' space, not used by the bios, which can be used by viruses if : the space is sufficient! in a word? bullshit... cmos is the word we use for that volatile, battery powered memory that your configuration information is stored in... it is only accessable through port calls and it's contents cannot be executed... ergo, cmos viruses are a myth... -- "do as i say not as i do because the shit so deep you can't run away i beg to differ on the contrary i agree with every word that you say"
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,70a58627a995bf35 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: fcd68,70a58627a995bf35 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcd68,public From: cr764@torfree.net (Kurt Wismer) Subject: Re: Stoned Virus Date: 1998/06/06 Message-ID: <Eu52EB.77H.0.queen@torfree.net> X-Deja-AN: 360168555 References: <356AA597.1F258B7D@nettrek.com.au> <356bab16.0@139.134.5.33> <6kiae9$r2i@news.microsoft.com> <35724303.0@139.134.5.33> <WIwc1.1061$iY6.4913559@news.itd.umich.edu> <6l3g80$cva4$1@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com> <35760c6a.0@139.134.5.33> Followup-To: alt.comp.virus,aus.computers.ibm-pc Organization: Toronto Free-Net Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus,aus.computers.ibm-pc