BIOS root kit? Or, how do I fresh install a clean BIOS?
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Mar 15, 20265926 viewsConfidence Score0%
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So I was installing questionable operating system onto my EEE pc and it required me to downgrade the BIOS which I really am not an expert at. I used a patch and it appeared to work. Now, I'm paranoid about the downgrade because, honestly, I have no idea where the code came from or what could be in …
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If you really have a rootkit in your bios, one of the things that rootkit would likely do is refuse to allow any other updates to be applied. At least, that's what I'd do if I wrote a bios rootkit since, ya know, the computer kinda has to use bios f…
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