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Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577 Office (707) 935-9387 Fax (707) 766-4185 Cell gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com -----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09 Are you suggesting that such a thing could survive a cold boot? The rootkit has to be stored somewhere it can execute from, and I don't think it'll have much success storing itself in the BIOS. Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > Since it's at the hardware level, even booting off a cleanup CD won't be able > to find it ... -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
