From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53434) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eOHov-0002Z9-4U for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 01:44:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eOHoq-0005AL-Lz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 01:44:09 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:44886) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eOHoq-00059t-G9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 01:44:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:44:00 +0800 From: Fam Zheng Message-ID: <20171211064400.GA3350@lemon> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] BIOS and virus List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: microsoft gaofei Cc: "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" 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