Solved Motherbard query
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According to this article yes.
Nasty new virus infects your PC motherboard - Technology & science - Security - msnbc.com
Nasty new virus infects your PC motherboard - Technology & science - Security - msnbc.com
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- Win7 Pro-64 Bit
- CPU
- i7-2600-3.4GHz
- Motherboard
- ASRock Z68M
- Memory
- 8 GIG DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- onboard
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Hard Drives
- Seagate 1TB 7200RPM
- PSU
- 680 W
- Case
- black
- Cooling
- stock fans
- Keyboard
- Microsoft
- Mouse
- Microsoft optical
As far as I know, a virus cannot infect the motherboard per se. They have, however, been known to infect the BIOS on the motherboard by overwriting some/all of the code in the BIOS (the code that automatically runs when you turn your system on, and which ultimately starts the loading/running of the OS). It is for this reason that I strongly recommend that the BIOS should be set to read-only mode by means of the jumper and/or BIOS setting (see motherboard manual), unless you are upgrading the BIOS code to a newer revision (and then it should be set back to read-only once the upgrade is complete).
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- Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
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- Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
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- Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.4GHz)
- Motherboard
- ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
- Memory
- 4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
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- XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
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- Gigabyte IF233
- Cooling
- 1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
- Mouse
- Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
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- NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
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- Avast! 8.0.1497
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- IE 11
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- Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Thanks for replies,
Safety first, dump the Motherboard.
Safety first, dump the Motherboard.
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Some Mboards have a dual BIOS - this should eliminate virus problems and cater for other BIOS problems too. 
--GIGABYTE--DUAL BIOS WEB
--GIGABYTE--DUAL BIOS WEB
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- Compaq desktop
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- Windows 7 x64 SP1
- CPU
- Athlon II x2 215
- Memory
- 4.0 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Onboard
- Sound Card
- Creative SB X-Fi Titanium HD (nice)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 24" Dell LCD
- Screen Resolution
- 1900 x 1200
- Hard Drives
- 320 GB, 500 GB and 750 GB 7200 rpm
- PSU
- 430w
- Keyboard
- USB
- Mouse
- USB
- Internet Speed
- approx 10 Mbps