Re: Just wondering about viruses

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From: Erik de Castro Lopo
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00

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David. E. Goble wrote:
> 
> Hi All;
> 
> I do not understand, how can a software program in RAM destory
> hardware and data in ROM/PROM???
> --Regards :                David. E. Goble
>                            goble@kin.on.net

It can do this because the BIOS is stored in EEPROM : Electrically
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. This particular virus
erases the BIOS.

Erik
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     Erik de Castro Lopo     erikd@zip.com.au
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#!/bin/sh
unzip ; strip; touch ; finger ; mount ; gasp ; 
yes ; more ; umount ; sleep ;

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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@zip.com.au>
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Date: 1999/05/05
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