On 11 Feb 00 at 18:12, L.D. Best wrote:
>>Besides, I don't believe the virus crap sits in the BIOS per se; it is
>>most likely in the chip set. Chip sets are *not* updated by original
>>mfr or by motherboard mfr.
>>
>>The virus stuff you can use CMOS setup to activate can't be much more
>>than a simplistic set of flags that will set of a warning under certain
>>circumstances. Simple programs can raise hell with complex new software; I
>>can imagine what fun it could be to have that CMOS virus program activated
>>while attempting to install BootMagic or System Commander. I'll be your
>>worst nightmare would be pleasant in comparison.
The antivirus option available in some BIOSs is a simple monitor that
warns you when any program (virus or even FDISK, for instance) tries
to write to the HD's master boot record. There are also AV TSR's that
do basically the same thing. They pop up a little box that warns you
what is going to happen and you can accept or decline the action.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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