Re: Can dialer viruses turn on the computer?

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 03/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:40:33 GMT

From: "Norman L. DeForest" <af380@chebucto.ns.ca>

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| Can't some of the newer PCs with hardware power-management built-in be
| programmed to turn themselves on at a specific time? The real-time clock
| can use its alarm feature to signal the power-management hardware to turn
| on the computer. And a trojan or virus sould easily set that alarm.
|
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Conceivably yes, but there is no known infector doing that as of yet.

The problem is the infector would have to be tied to a vary narrow niche platform or
specific motherboard. 

-- 
Dave
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