On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:45:07 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

>> That depends on what type of machine you bought.  If you go out and
>> purchase a brand-name computer, the OS is already installed.
>> 
>> If you build your own, this is true, but most machines the OS is
>> already pre-installed.
> 
> True. But I'd wager that MBR protection is probably turned off on most
> machines out there.

Very likely.

> (Similarly, most have a BIOS write-protect feature so malware can't
> reflash the BIOS. And that's usually off. But then, any such malware
> would only work for one brand of motherboard anyway since there's no
> standard interface for that kind of thing...)

Actually, I don't think it'd be that hard - it wouldn't be a single brand 
of motherboard - there's only 3 or 4 major BIOS brands out there these 
days, if that.

Jim

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