If I got a VIRUS on my COMPUTER could I erase everything off my BIOS and reset it and would doing this get rid of the virus?A virus very rarely infects the bios. 99.9999999% of the time they STAY on the hard drive.

You also can't erase the bios. If you did, your computer wouldn't know how to turn on!! You can clear the CMOS (the memory of the BIOS) but that won't get rid of the virus.Silly me!

I was talking about the CMOS not the BIOS

thanks for the help anyway Quote from: Griff on May 16, 2009, 05:58:16 PM

A virus very rarely infects the bios. 99.9999999% of the time they stay on the hard drive.

You also can't erase the bios. If you did, your computer wouldn't know how to turn on!! You can clear the CMOS (the memory of the BIOS) but that won't get rid of the virus.

Excellent advice!!

Just to add, the rule of thumb with your BIOS is leave it alone unless you are 110% positive you know what you are doing!

... unless you are 110% positive you know what you are doing!