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Re: Modern hw-killing virus feasible
From: Ma Gores <gores () iname com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 20:57:01 -0800
Quoting from someone, somewhere, else... "cih erased the software stored on the chip... it should be obvious from that that it is software damage, not hardware damage... > But its damage is just as bad" Semantics, maybe. ------- Magores At 07:57 PM 3/6/2001 +0100, you wrote:
Hi, Doesn't seem anything really new. The CIH Virus http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=10300& ) written in 1998 did something like what you are describing. On a set date it tried to flash the bios with garbage, making the infected pc unable to boot. Alot of hardware can probably be killed this way, as a lot of hardware these days have flashable eeprom's. The only problem is is that they have various ways of flashing the eeprom, thus making it (virtually) impossible for a virus to have a generic (flash-)payload for a lot of hardware. Kind Regards, Bart
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