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Scanning for MBR, boot sector, BIOS, CMOS viruses
Hello,
I would like to know how to scan my PC for infections in the following: Master Boot Record Boot Sector BIOS CMOS Is it possible to even scan these things? How do you know if you have a virus infecting these things? I have tried to research this online and have not find a specific answer to this question. Can anyone here help me out? Thanks. |
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Re: Scanning for MBR, boot sector, BIOS, CMOS viruses
bump! :)
a random question, I know, but I would like to scan my computer for these just to make sure they aren't present, but regular antivirus programs don't detect these. |
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Re: Scanning for MBR, boot sector, BIOS, CMOS viruses
You would need to use something like Gmer to scan
http://www.gmer.net/ but do be careful - even if it says 'rootkit' it can still produce the odd false positive.
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