Hi, On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 01:01:51PM -0500, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote: > I've heard from comments on /. and elsewhere that only replacement > boards were infected and that Dell has contacted users who received > these boards. I've got a new unopened R410 with the iDrac Express > still sitting in the box, so it's probably safe, but I'd feel better > if there was some utility that could be run to check for the infected > image and then flash it with the clean image of the embedded OS. > > Sabuj Pattanayek > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Brian A. Seklecki > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Oh man: > > > > http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/07/pc-giant-warns-of-hardware-tro.html > > > > http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19339458.aspx
Citing this URL: 1. This issue does not affect any Dell PowerEdge servers shipped from our factories and is limited to a small number of the replacement motherboards only which were sent via Dell’s service and replacement process for four servers: PowerEdge R310, PowerEdge R410, PowerEdge R510 and PowerEdge T410. The maximum potential exposure is less than 1% of these server models. 2. Dell has removed all impacted motherboards from the service supply. New shipping replacement stock does not contain the malware. 3. The W32.Spybot worm was discovered in flash storage on the motherboard during Dell testing. The malware does not reside in the firmware. 4. All industry-standard antivirus programs on the market today have the ability to identify and prevent the code from infecting the customer’s operating system. 5. Systems running non-Microsoft Windows operating systems cannot be affected. 6. Systems with the iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise card installed cannot be affected. 7. Remaining systems can only be exposed if the customer chooses to run an update to either Unified Server Configurator (USC) or 32-bit Diagnostics. HTH, Tino, (not affiliated with Dell!) -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.tisc.de _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
