Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Trojan.Win16.KillCmos (Kaspersky), KillCMOS.g (McAfee), Trojan Horse (Symantec), TR/KillCMOS.A.1 (Avira), Troj/KillCMOS-G (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: Yes

Language: English

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: No

Description: 
This Trojan can leave infected systems inoperable. It alters settings in the CMOS memory of an infected system.

The CMOS memory holds system configuration data such as, the BIOS and real-time clock settings of a computer.

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Description created: Apr. 23, 2002 5:39:41 PM GMT -0800
Description updated: Apr. 23, 2002 9:09:54 PM GMT -0800

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