BIOS Viruses..?
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spinjector
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BIOS Viruses..?
If a Windows-based host motherboard is infected with a BIOS-virus, can this affect/infect a Windows-based guest?
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mpack
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Re: BIOS Viruses..?
Only in as much as the guest relies on the host to carry out some functions.
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spinjector
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Re: BIOS Viruses..?
Ok, are you saying that the BIOS virus on the host may not necessarily infect the guest, but may impede any BIOS functions that the guest may access?
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Sasquatch
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Re: BIOS Viruses..?
A BIOS virus runs outside a real OS, it doesn't matter if you would run Windows, Linux or whatever. Do you know what a BIOS virus actually does? Read this for some useful information: http://blogs.microsoft.nl/blogs/tonykri ... 11720.aspx
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