full-disclosure - Destroying PCs remotely?

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From: dotslash at snosoft.com (KF)
Subject: Destroying PCs remotely?

Donnie Weiner wrote:
>> If i recall " Monkey-B" could destroy a mfm drive by smashing the
>> heads to thier physical stops repeadly, it wasa debug command i
>> belive.  i could be wrong of course...
> 
> 
> Doesn't make sense :-\ 

Sure the grammer may be farked up but makes plenty of sense...

>Do you know what debug is? 

I think he is refering to the instructions used to smack the head into 
the disk was a debug type instruction as in it may not have been ment 
for normal day to day usage by the processor...

> Also I didnt find any 
> information like that relating to monkey*.
> 

http://www.secadministrator.com/Panda/Index.cfm?FuseAction=Virus&virusID=107

-KF