[Qemu-devel] BIOS and virus

[Qemu-devel] BIOS and virus

[microsoft gaofei]

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 .

Re: [Qemu-devel] BIOS and virus

[Fam Zheng]

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