Re: Just wondering about viruses

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From: Michael T. Babcock
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:00

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If you have a good computer, you have a programmable BIOS.

If you couldn't reprogram your BIOS, you wouldn't be able to update your
motherboard's capabilities, apply fixes, etc.

"David. E. Goble" wrote:

> >It can do this because the BIOS is stored in EEPROM : Electrically
> >Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. This particular virus
> >erases the BIOS.
> >
>
> Thanks, so how many PCs have EEPROM, which types of PCs have them (ie
> 486s, 586s, 686s, P1, p2, p3s) and how do you know if you have a PC
> with EEPROM BIOS?

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