Re: Hard Drive Booby Trap

From: C Colon (foobar_at_asia.com)
Date: 06/10/03

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    Date: 10 Jun 2003 02:56:52 -0700

    "Goober" <Goober@myplace.com> wrote in message news:<3ee4a72a$1_7@cosmos.uncensored-news.com>...
    >
    > But I'm interested in knowing if there is a software that will
    > erase your hard drive when it is accessed with out your permission?
    >

    The question got me thinking. Don't have too much forensic
    experience, but how does a software program, presumably running on the
    same harddisk, be able to erase the hard disk in which it is also
    resident, although point taken that it could load fully to the RAM.
    But there must be some amount of writing or reading from the disk
    while the program is under operation, or am I wrong. Also, if it gets
    fully loaded into RAM, and the disk is getting erased, we might also
    assume that the OS also gets erased. So even if the software is still
    in the RAM, how does it execute? I know the questions are very novice
    and may have very simple answers, but would appreciate if someone
    could clarify these doubts,

    Regards
    C:\>
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