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Re: anticmos
From:
Michael Chan <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 01:34:48 +0800
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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:04:20 -0400, Roberto Safora <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Does any body have some information on virus that, as I heard, are able to
>write the cmos and do our system non operable?
>Any trick to watch the writing in the cmos?

Yes, there are quite many such kind of virus. The best way to prevent is
using anti-virus protection program in the background to protect your
system, you have to update the virus definitions every month, of
course.:-)


 Michael

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