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To: mr.mark who wrote (15988)	2/9/2001 6:04:06 AM
From: thecow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110626

mark Thanks for the input mark. I think caution is the road to take here, better safe than sorry. I see Doniam has solved the problem already. FWIW, concerning Killcmos, I checked several common utility download sites and they all say the same thing. Killcmos is detected as a trojan program because of the way it does it's job. It is a password cracking program which in the wrong hands could be used destructively. Here's what McAfee says about it. (couldn't find any info at symantec) "When run, this program will erase CMOS settings without any warning or confirmation. This program could have some legitimate use in some circumstances, but since it erases the CMOS settings without any warning or confirmation, it could easily be misused so it is classified as a trojan. CMOS settings contain information such as date/time and type of hard disk. If it is erased, the settings must be reentered into the BIOS Setup program." tc :-)