Re: Just wondering about viruses

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From: David. E. Goble
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 00:00

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Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@zip.com.au> wrote:
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>It can do this because the BIOS is stored in EEPROM : Electrically
>Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. This particular virus
>erases the BIOS.
>
Hi Erik;

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?
--Regards :                David. E. Goble
                           goble@kin.on.net
           http://www-mugc.cc.monash.edu.au/~degob1/goble
      Po Box 648 Kingscote Kangaroo Island South Australia 5223

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From: goble@kin.on.net (David. E. Goble)
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Date: 1999/05/07
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