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Re: Hit by virus !? Help, please...



On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, George Bonser wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, debian wrote:
> 
> > In actual fact this virus deletes your FLASH BIOS rendering motherboard
> > useless unless of course your got a bios chip around.
> 
> It deletes your BIOS after writing over the disk ... not just the
> partition table.

 Actually, only some chipsets are vulnerable to getting their BIOS
trashed. If your disks are toasted, that's small consolation, but at least
the thing will boot tomsrtbt and you can try fixing things.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles           (248) 377-7735         ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com

 "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
                          -- Philip K. Dick


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