Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:32:05 +0000 From: Tor Sigurdsson <tosi@suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Message-ID: <20001231013205.C8200@dustpuppy.suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Subject: Re: [SLE] virus Actually, most BIOS-virus checkers only check the BMR against a standard M$ boot-sector. They will barf at anything that is not made by M$ ( including PC-DOS et al ) -tosi On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 12:53:14PM -0800, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Motherboard virus checkers do not do anything but warn you of changes to the MBR. They have no virus definitions and can not detect real virus's. It would be best if you just disable it. It does nothing of real value. I am surprized that MB makers still even put this waste of bios space in the bios. :)
* Julia Maddocks (julia.maddocks@zoom.co.uk) [001229 15:53]: =>I have a fic motherborad (SD11) with a built in virus checker => =>When I boot Linux from floppy, the built in virus checker goes off and =>warns me a virus is present in the boot sector. I am using a new, linux =>formatted boot disc and don't beleive there is a virus there => =>any ideas? => =>tia => =>Julia => =>-- =>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com =>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com =>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq => -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:brosenb@suse.com *************************************** SuSE Inc. 580 Second St Suite 210 Oakland CA 94607 U.S.A Tel: 1-510-628-3380 EXT:5086 Fax: 1-510-628-3381 *************************************** "My opinions are not a reflection of the opinions of SuSE Inc."
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