Security researchers from '360 Security' an anti-virus company in China have detected one malicious program, which plants hostile code onto targeted PC's BIOS. The Inquirer published this in news dated September 13, 2011.
It maybe mentioned that BIOS, abbreviation of "Basic Input Output System" comprises an archive having specific fundamental commands for exchanging messages among the hardware and operating system (OS); therefore it's an extremely important component for the PC's operation.
The code, 360 Security detected has been dubbed BMW; however, other security firms have named it Mebromi. There are different components in the malware for the BIOS, MBR (master boot record) and the OS.
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