whoosh Cooler King Staff member Premium Supporter Joined Apr 15, 2009 Location England Apr 18, 2009 #1 New Bios attack renders anti-virus useless - vnunet.com Dont become infected take precautions
J jefins New Member Joined Feb 15, 2009 Apr 18, 2009 #2 Thanks for info. I'll pull out jumper until there won't be new bios versions availiable.
G GomJabbar Senior Member Joined Jan 25, 2009 Apr 18, 2009 #3 Yeah, thanks. Just went into my BIOS setup menu and disabled the BIOS Update Option.
L lisaqld1981 New Member Joined Apr 18, 2009 Apr 18, 2009 #4 Thanks for this info, scary to think what people can do these days, not many people would of known about this one.
Thanks for this info, scary to think what people can do these days, not many people would of known about this one.
Mike Windows Forum Admin Staff member Premium Supporter Joined Jul 22, 2005 Location New York, NY, United States Apr 18, 2009 #5 Gigabyte motherboards have a dual bios in case one is compromised by viruses or the chip fails.
J jefins New Member Joined Feb 15, 2009 Apr 19, 2009 #7 Mike said: Gigabyte motherboards have a dual bios in case one is compromised by viruses or the chip fails. Click to expand... My Gigabyte moderboard died few months ago and now i have to live with one old asus motherboard because i can't afford new.
Mike said: Gigabyte motherboards have a dual bios in case one is compromised by viruses or the chip fails. Click to expand... My Gigabyte moderboard died few months ago and now i have to live with one old asus motherboard because i can't afford new.
G GomJabbar Senior Member Joined Jan 25, 2009 Apr 19, 2009 #8 GameSlim said: How do you remove jumper from a notebook? Click to expand... My ThinkPad notebook has a setting in the BIOS menu for disabling the BIOS Update feature. It is listed in the Security submenu in the BIOS.
GameSlim said: How do you remove jumper from a notebook? Click to expand... My ThinkPad notebook has a setting in the BIOS menu for disabling the BIOS Update feature. It is listed in the Security submenu in the BIOS.
Camride New Member Joined Jan 17, 2009 Apr 20, 2009 #9 Just remove your BIOS chip and you'll be perfectly safe.
whoosh Cooler King Staff member Premium Supporter Joined Apr 15, 2009 Location England Apr 20, 2009 #10 Camride said: Just remove your BIOS chip and you'll be perfectly safe. Click to expand... LOL you got straight to the heart of the matter Why oh why did I not see that ?
Camride said: Just remove your BIOS chip and you'll be perfectly safe. Click to expand... LOL you got straight to the heart of the matter Why oh why did I not see that ?
S sailaab New Member Joined Apr 21, 2009 Apr 21, 2009 #11 camride to the rescue!! Camride you MUST take up a job with MS to write for their Troubleshoot and Help Menu's
camride to the rescue!! Camride you MUST take up a job with MS to write for their Troubleshoot and Help Menu's