Re: Modern hw-killing virus feasible

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----- Original Message -----
From: Ma Gores <gores () INAME COM>
To: <VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: Modern hw-killing virus feasible


> 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