Re: Can a Virus Infect the BIOS?

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:58:57 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Art wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:37:31 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



I am going to put a new hard drive in but was wondering.....
If the PC was infected with a virus, could my new hard drive get
infected from the BIOS?


It is possible, but i understand that boot viri are very rare these daze.


You're confused. Boot viruses affect sectors on hard drives, not the
BIOS.

Art
http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
No; a "good" BIOS virus will write one on the HD, so that if the BIOS
was somehow "fixed", then the boot virus will rewrite the BIOS copy.
Just like some virii hide a copy in the registry garbage pile.
Three components: the running program, the HD file(s), and the
registry entry/entries.
Delete any part and it will shortly pop back.
Almost as bad as the chicken and egg "problem".

Worthless gibberish.

Art
http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
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