News CosmicStrand Malware Infects ASUS, Gigabyte Motherboards

[Admin]

Security software provider Kaspersky has digged into a newly-identified malware that resides at the heart of your PC - the BIOS. CosmicStrand, as it has become known, mainly seems to infect Intel H81-based motherboards. But since it's been just discovered, more infections may be lurking in disguise.

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[neojack]

in the begining of the article, you say that the antivirus can't detect the virus loaded in the bios
but in the end you recommend to run an antivirus check when people buy a 2nd hand motherboard ?

Maybe the best suggestion would be to update the bios and reset the setup (factory "optimized defaults")
speaking of it, since a bios update flashes the rom, does a BIOS update deletes the virus too ? is it confirmed ?