From: "~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>

> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
>>
>>> Researchers have discovered one of the first pieces of malware ever used in the wild
>>> that modifies the software on the motherboard of infected computers to ensure the
>>> infection can't be easily eradicated.
>>>
>>> Known as Trojan.Mebromi, the rootkit reflashes the BIOS of computers it attacks to add
>>> malicious instructions that are executed early in a computer's boot-up sequence. The
>>> instructions, in turn, alter a computer's MBR, or master boot record, another system
>>> component that gets executed prior to the loading of the operating system of an
>>> infected
>>> machine. By corrupting the processes that run immediately after a PC starts, the
>>> malware
>>> stands a better chance of surviving attempts by antivirus programs to remove it.
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...it_discovered/
>>>
>>
>> This is the FIRST malware to infiltrate the BIOS that's been in the wild, it is
>> targeting
>> Chinese computers in China and ONLY targets Phoenix/Award BIOS.
>>
>>
>
> Please explain exactly how you can be so certain about this, Mr Lipman.


Its called reading and understanding and it wasn't from reading TheRegister we page.

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Dave
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