Re: DOS all platforms

[Frank Knobbe <frank () knobbe us>]

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 21:00, Matt Burnett wrote:
> Actually I just remembered the viruses can break current hardware. There are
> many CPU's out there that can be overclocked in software. The PowerPC 750
> (aka G3) cpu using in Apple computers is one of them. And I doubt anyone
> will try to argue that OCing can kill the cpu.


Isn't it possible to erase/overwrite the microcode ROM of Intel CPU's?
What would make for a nasty virus.... and may just be what "the experts"
expect as the "digital perl harbor".

(The downside [upside?] is that testing microcode viruses is ...uhm...
somewhat limited :)

Cheers,
Frank

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