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From: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
To: microsoft gaofei <wangziheng@outlook.com>
Cc: "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] BIOS and virus
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:44:00 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171211064400.GA3350@lemon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MWHPR02MB24632F9FF42C04523C52E5F6D4370@MWHPR02MB2463.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, 12/11 00:46, microsoft gaofei wrote:
> QEMU depended on seabios by default . sudo pacman -S qemu ,sudo apt install qemu ,,that will auto-install seabios . So seabios is installed in my system , NOT a single file .
> 
> https://thehackernews.com/2011/09/bios-based-virus-discovered-by-chinese.html
> What if I run BMW in QEMU ? Will it destroy seabios then affect other virtual
> machines ?
> 
> https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU     Do I have to prepare a single file to avoid
> the virus ? Since seabios is auto-installed by a distribution's package
> manager , NOT a single file .

The article says the bug infects Award BIOS only so I don't think there is a
problem with Seabios.

Fam

      reply	other threads:[~2017-12-11  6:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-11  0:46 [Qemu-devel] BIOS and virus microsoft gaofei
2017-12-11  6:44 ` Fam Zheng [this message]

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