Re: Xupiter

From: Benjamin A. Okopnik <ben(at)callahans.org>
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 13:54:24 EDT

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 02:20:22PM -0000, Stephen Wilcox wrote:
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> Has anyone heard for Xupiter storing itself in the memory section of the

Not possible. RAM is volatile (loses all its contents when power is removed), plain ROM can't be written to, and the BIOS PROM doesn't have nearly enough space. If you're seeing reinfection from the same virus, it usually means that the original infection path still exists - or that you haven't actually cleaned it out.

Ben Okopnik
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Received on Fri May 2 13:44:32 2003