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Posted: Mon, 19th Sep 2011 00:36 Post subject: Webroot Discovers BIOS Rootkit |
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Quote: | According to Webroot, Mebromi targets Award BIOS and attaches itself to it so it can infect a client computer over and over again. The malware then infects the master boot record to be able to infect winlogon.exe or winnt.exe to be able to use Windows to download additional malware. There is no easy way to get rid of Mebromi at this time as traditional anti-virus software won't reach down to the BIOS level. |
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Wow.....mighty fancy if you ask me lol
Update:
In depth look

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Posted: Mon, 19th Sep 2011 00:39 Post subject: |
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Expect this to be patched soon as only Award seems to be vulnerable.
Really interesting tho, imagine the rage this could cause.
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Someone brought up a good point on OCN lol, imagine the rage this would cause, who the hell would EVER think their bios was infected?
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human_steel wrote: | WhiteBarbarian wrote: | MacBook Pro here.  |
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*sigh* Are you guys really this retarded that you derail a thread whining about macs?
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SpykeZ wrote: | *sigh* Are you guys really this retarded that you derail a thread whining about macs? |
The nfohump is getting more and more retarded. It's almost impossible to get/share any usefull information around here. Someone should really clean this place up.
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Posted: Tue, 20th Sep 2011 04:36 Post subject: |
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Annnnnndddd... Back on-topic:
Would just flashing a new bios fix this, I wonder? I would assume that there is a 50/50 chance that it would, but only if the new bios actually erases all the blocks first.
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doobzilla wrote: | Annnnnndddd... Back on-topic:
Would just flashing a new bios fix this, I wonder? I would assume that there is a 50/50 chance that it would, but only if the new bios actually erases all the blocks first. |
From what technicians were saying over on OCN you would have to reflash your bios to get rid of it. Essentially doing the same thing when reformatting your HD, except it's the bios....except it's a lot more "dangerous" and prone to fucking shit up.
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SpykeZ wrote: | doobzilla wrote: | Annnnnndddd... Back on-topic:
Would just flashing a new bios fix this, I wonder? I would assume that there is a 50/50 chance that it would, but only if the new bios actually erases all the blocks first. |
From what technicians were saying over on OCN you would have to reflash your bios to get rid of it. Essentially doing the same thing when reformatting your HD, except it's the bios....except it's a lot more "dangerous" and prone to fucking shit up. |
If you are complete ignorant than you can fuck things up, but if you follow the simple: put new bios version on your USB, plug it in, restart and press whatever default f button for quick flash, rules you really cannot fuck anything up.
It's not like you have to somehow manually rewrite the bios in assembly code 
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been flashing bios for forever. Nothing bad ever happened. I always felt like something bad was gonna happen while i did it anyways. I blame all the warning messages 
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dingo_d wrote: | SpykeZ wrote: | doobzilla wrote: | Annnnnndddd... Back on-topic:
Would just flashing a new bios fix this, I wonder? I would assume that there is a 50/50 chance that it would, but only if the new bios actually erases all the blocks first. |
From what technicians were saying over on OCN you would have to reflash your bios to get rid of it. Essentially doing the same thing when reformatting your HD, except it's the bios....except it's a lot more "dangerous" and prone to fucking shit up. |
If you are complete ignorant than you can fuck things up, but if you follow the simple: put new bios version on your USB, plug it in, restart and press whatever default f button for quick flash, rules you really cannot fuck anything up.
It's not like you have to somehow manually rewrite the bios in assembly code  |
Its not the same method for all mobos
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Posted: Wed, 21st Sep 2011 08:47 Post subject: |
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timechange01 wrote: | dingo_d wrote: | SpykeZ wrote: |
From what technicians were saying over on OCN you would have to reflash your bios to get rid of it. Essentially doing the same thing when reformatting your HD, except it's the bios....except it's a lot more "dangerous" and prone to fucking shit up. |
If you are complete ignorant than you can fuck things up, but if you follow the simple: put new bios version on your USB, plug it in, restart and press whatever default f button for quick flash, rules you really cannot fuck anything up.
It's not like you have to somehow manually rewrite the bios in assembly code  |
Its not the same method for all mobos |
Oh c'mon, find a new mobo that hasn't got quick flash utility or sth like that. Hell these days new mobos have buttons you can press so you can clear CMOS!
In the old days you had to pull the jumper out and then insert it back in, hell some required that you remove the battery! 
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