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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Worst case worm damage estimates: Research
Michel Py wrote: SD> That's less than $400 per defective motherboard. SD> Your paper estimates it would cost more than double SD> to replace a scrambled BIOS.Edward B. Dreger Definitely sounds high, especially considering the cheap end with socketed a DIPP BIOS: Boot from "loaner" BIOS chip. Remove loaner BIOS. Insert chip containing scrambled BIOS. Flash.Indeed. I found out that in most cases the loaner BIOS does not even have to come from the same brand PC and in many cases it will allow to boot DOS to flash the original BIOS back even if it was for another chipset. As far as re-installing Windows, it just takes a few minutes when you have something like Symantec Ghost or Altiris client. Just one question--who is paying to get the production work done while all this is going on? -- Requiescas in pace o email Ex turpi causa non oritur actio http://members.cox.net/larrysheldon/
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