"David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
newsp.v03yddzwa3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net...
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0400, FromTheRafters <erratic.howard@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Would it only persist if it was reloaded with the same OS
>
> It's a rootkit in bios that will reinstall itself in any windows system.
>
> I don't know if it would damage a linux installation, or not. It
> definitely wouldn't work though.

I agree, what I meant was that if it leverages itself by modifying ntldr
or some other NT specific driver file in memory it wouldn't work on W98.
Or if some other driver specific to XP it wouldn't work on Vista etc..

I understand that they have one for the Mac too.