14 Oct
2003
14 Oct
'03
6:13 p.m.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:44:20PM -0700, John Young wrote:
We received the note below about spyware allegedly created for a Maryland agency with code which needs to be tested. We'd appreciate feedback on the note and the code. Beware of a sting. The code:
Note to author of code: Look into the "Scan User Flash Area" option if
you ever have to pull this trick on a motherboard with an Intel BIOS.
See [1] for instructions on how one might make use of it.
Additional exercise: Enable "Scan User Flash Area" regardless of user setting.
Cheers,
Ralf
[1] How to modify your PR440FXs BIOS images for netbooting
http://www.beowulf.org/software/PR440FXNetboot.html
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Ralf-P. Weinmann