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BIOS and boot virus protection
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February 20, 2005, 04:52:06 AM »
Is it genearlly a good idea to enable the viral protection (fat/boot sector) in a motherboard's BIOS?
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February 20, 2005, 05:18:20 AM »
In general: NO
It often leads to troubles while installing a OS or certain hardware.
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INDEPENDENT support (chat for Windows, Windows apps, and many other things), just state the problem/ask your question in the channel and have patience
NO SECURITY TOOL PROTECTS A SYSTEM AGAINST THE STUPIDITY OF A USER
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