Re: Do I need a Firewall ?

From: svek (svek-YOU-KNOW-THE-DRILL@gmx.net)
Date: 06/30/02 

From: svek <svek-YOU-KNOW-THE-DRILL@gmx.net>
Date: 30 Jun 2002 18:26:10 GMT

eirik@mi.uib.no (Eirik Seim) wrote in
news:slrnahuhml.4nt.eirik@kain.mi.uib.no:

>'d guess he's thinking of the CIH-virus, and its derivates.

as far as I know none of them damages your hardware but write over the
flash memory in your BIOS, and this can be repaired so the hardware isn't
really "damaged" :)

/svek

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