Aardvark wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:52:06 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:
>
>> Now, if LoJack can do this, as I've intimated in the past, why cannot a
>> specifically crafted *malware* do exactly the same thing if it was
>> planted on a CD/DVD which a user deliberately 'loaded' for a specific
>> purpose? For example, a CD used to install drivers for a printer or,
>> perhaps, a CD ordered by post to install Windows XP SP2?
>>
>> Serious question.
>
> No, it's a sto0pid question. Why would M$ wish to do
> anything like that and expect to get away with it for any length of time?

Sometimes you are _really_ dopey, Aardvark!

I was giving you an example only. If one's computer had *already* been
compromised, a *fake* CD could have been supplied by a 'rogue' outfit
pretending that it was supplying a M$ product (in the case of an SP2 disk)

Once then loaded into one's PC, the malware embedded thereupon could
then contaminate the BIOS chip for posterity! One's computer would be
owned forever!

Maybe Dustin will explain why such a scenario is impossible! ;-)