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From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: virus
Message-ID: <1515@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 14 Feb 90 08:55:54 GMT
References: <437@matrox.com> <J.90Feb13101223@bucsf.bu.edu> <1888@milton.acs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
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In article <1888@milton.acs.washington.edu> yjkim@milton.acs.washington.edu (Yong Kim) writes:
>I was told that there is a nonstandard(?) virus which peneterates
>into your CMOS memory(backed up by battery).

There is NO SUCH VIRUS!!

I have heard this rumor too, but it is incorrect. 

	The code would never be executed.

	The CMOS memory is too small for a virus - A working wirus needs
	at least 150-200 bytes.





-- 
Fridrik Skulason   -   University of Iceland, Computing Services.
frisk@rhi.hi.is        Technical Editor, Virus Bulletin.