[sdiy] OT: Can your computer catcha computer virus from anothercomputer's RAM?

[Veronica Merryfield]

> Non-reputable professional says: So called CMOS memory is used for
> those few bytes BIOS needs for its parameters. I challange You to
> write a virii that can boot system and still be resident in that
> memory ;)
Pauls comment mentions that it was some time ago and my experience is  
the same some time ago. CMOS hasn't always been used or configured the  
way it is in todays motherboards. You know not what you challenge. You  
might want to check out virus wars from around the 60s.

> Can anyone tell DRAM from SRAM?
Yes.