Re: Can dialer viruses turn on the computer?

wilbur_at_post.com
Date: 03/27/05


Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:15:06 -0600

Cautious Nerd <Cautious@Nerds.com> wrote in
news:424614F0.5CFF96D@Nerds.com:

> Thank you all for your knowledge.
>
> * Wake-on-LAN allows a magic packet sent to the NIC to signal the
> computer to turn on * Viruses can dial out upon manual power-on
> (though I'm not so concerned about this,
> because that's not much different from virus dialing out before
> system shutdown
> * New PCs have power management that allow power up at a preset alarm
> time.
> No virus known to use this yet.
> * Disconnect power to ensure no virus-induced power-up. For laptops,
> remove battery. * If modem is integrated to motherboard, power spikes
> on phone line have triggered power-ups
>
> Cautious Nerd

are you applying these comments to POTS lines or VOIP connections?



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