BIOS virus question

[AG0]

Ok here it goes.  I just wanted to confirm if bios virus can be removed without flashing the bios. Two days ago, the boss' friend called for our help with his computer infected by a virus. One of my co-workers handled it(superior) and claimed to remove the virus. Day after, the boss' friend called saying he now had a blue screen. Then just now, the boss called that he'll call back after an hour to help him up with that same computer. He said that my co-worker said that it has a bios virus.

My orientation with BIOS virus is this: do a clean install after flashing..

but my co-worker wanted me to do repair install for he already had removed the bios virus.

well, is it possible to remove a BIOS virus without flashing?

[evilfantasy]

well, is it possible to remove a BIOS virus without flashing?

Whoever said it was a BIOS virus might not know exactly what they were talking about. BIOS virus are extremely rare and the chances of getting one without someone physically setting at the computer and putting it there is extremely unlikely. Your not going to get one from a bad download or malicious website.

A boot sector virus is more likely. All you need to do to find out if it's clean is this.

Download the MBR Rootkit Detector to your desktop.

Go to Start > Run then copy and paste the following red text into the Open field:

"%userprofile%\desktop\mbr.exe" -f

Next, double click on the mbr.exe file and let it finish. A log will come up telling you if an infection is there or not.

[AG0]

that makes my mind clear now. thank you!

the boss just called. and its having a 0x7b BSOD now.And its kinda rush so i just set aside the bios virus issue.. i did a repair install instead.

I'll do the scan that you mentioned if he still have issues later.

[evilfantasy]

Have him run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM) on it. MBAM is free to scan and remove malware with. You only have to pay if you want the full version which blocks malware. The free scanner is very good and if there is something there it should find and remove it.