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

[Ajith Peter <ajith@collegemail.com>]

> Could someone give an opinion on turning on "Antivirus" feature in the 
> motherboard BIOS? I recall hearing once that it should be avoided, but 
> I can't remember the arguments.
> 
> FWIW, I have an ABIT BX6 MB.
> -- 
> Arcady Genkin


Hi

Doesnt seem it will work.  The virus destorys only Flash BIOS which could
be prevented by setting jumpers in ur mboard.  U can consult ur mboard
manual for that. I feel the antivirus option in the BIOS is for
warning against Boot sector modifications or some thing of that sort. 


Regards de
Ajith Peter VU3EMX <ajith@collegemail.com>


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