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BIOS Virus checker?
Name: jim Date: December 2, 2003 at 10:08:35 Pacific OS: Win2K pro CPU/Ram: P4/133mhz
Comment:
Do all BIOS' have a boot virus checker? I'm not seeing this in my BIOS. I'm having Win2Kpro freeze during install.
Name: ctcnetwork Date: December 2, 2003 at 14:05:29 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
No, not ALL BIOS' have a virus checker.
Best to explain what and where you are having problems with your Win2K install . . .
Hear from you soon . . .
:o)
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Response Number 2
Name: James Reynolds Date: December 6, 2003 at 09:35:03 Pacific
Reply:
It's not a virus checker as such, it's an option to write protect the boot sector of the harddrive or monitor the boot sector of the harddrive and inform you if any changes are made to it. i.e. a virus writing to the boot sector.
Personaly, I find it a pain in the butt and turn it off, as it always give false warnings. If you've got normal updated virus protection, their shouldn't be a problem anyway.
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