full-disclosure - MyDoom bios infection

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From: lists at venom600.org (Ben Nelson)
Subject: MyDoom bios infection

Frank Knobbe wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 03:14, Ferris, Robin wrote:
> 
>>>It was also unknown that the virus infects the BIOS of the computer it
>>>infects by injecting a 624bytes backdoor written in FORTH which will open
>>>port tcp when Mydoom will be executed AFTER febuary 12.
> 
> 
> Although code in BIOS could interact with your network card, it would
> require the correct driver routines for your particular card. Does the
> virus come with network card drivers for a variety of cards? No? Then
> BIOS code won't open a TCP port.
> 
> Regards,
> Frank
> 
It would need a TCP stack too, would it not?

--Ben