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Thread ID: 65764 2006-01-30 02:37:00 Rootkits Are Now Headed To Your BIOS SurferJoe46 (51) Press F1
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425338 2006-01-30 02:37:00 The Register has a rather nasty little problem it wants the world to know:

www.theregister.co.uk
SurferJoe46 (51)
425339 2006-01-30 05:59:00 any pc that has bios update from windows could be an easy target. a lot of other bios's have built in protection. on my own you have to turn of the protection and you have to hit a key to continue when its in that state.

but as companys make complex things o so user friendly sicurity often goes out the window.
tweak'e (69)
425340 2006-01-30 07:52:00 I always thought being able to fiddle with low level settings/firmware from within windows was stupid, come to think of it, I don't even like switch/jumperless boards, or at least the option .

I just feel that there is something inherently more solid about killing something by shorting connectors than attempting to do it with software .
Murray P (44)
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