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BIOS and boot virus protection
« on: 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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Re: BIOS and boot virus protection
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2005, 05:18:20 AM »
In general: NO
It often leads to troubles while installing a OS or certain hardware.