Re: Can dialer viruses turn on the computer?

From: CarlosRivera (CarlosRivera_at_badnamefornospam.to)
Date: 03/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:50:03 GMT

If the computer is plugged into a power strip and the power strip is not
supplying power to the computer, it can't turn itself on unless the
computer has some sort of battery backup. If one is worried about this,
just turn your power strip off or unplug the computer.

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Norman L. DeForest" <af380@chebucto.ns.ca>
>
>
> |
> | 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.

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