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[moggy]

<Discussion of obtaining services by means that might not be strictly legal removed>

..And now when my pc starts up the america megatrend bios,screen come up but it never used to.I have now restored to and earlier time,before i messed about.But the megatrend thing is still there,does anyone have any advice or help.I wish i had not fooked about in the first place,as i know fook all about pcs.Regards Dean.

[Broomies Mate]

I doubt you'll get much help on this forum with regards to illegal viewing/streaming of Movies and TV.

As for the BIOS screen showing on start-up  That is quite normal, but *if* it has been changed by a malicious piece of software, then you may be saying 'ta ta' to your computer very soon.

[moggy]

I doubt you'll get much help on this forum with regards to illegal viewing/streaming of Movies and TV.

As for the BIOS screen showing on start-up  That is quite normal, but *if* it has been changed by a malicious piece of software, then you may be saying 'ta ta' to your computer very soon.

Hi mate,do you mean something i have down loaded may have changed the bios set up.Also is it possible to remove my post my post.

[tigers_gonads]

Pm incoming Moggy 

[moggy]

I am very sorry for posting this if a kind admin would remove it,i would be grateful.I should of thought before i posted Dean.

[moggy]

I will try to modify.can anyone help me sort this bios thing out.

[zirk]

As said, whilst Torrents are perfectly legal to talk about, the other bit, film rights type software etc, can't be discussed.

Personally, if its not too late, you should try and recover your pc from a previous back up, although if the bios has been messed with, that's probably easier said than done.

From a torrent streaming point of view to your home PC, your always going to be on dodgy ground, starting and including your ISP, maybe theres such a thing as 'torrent to cloud services' out there, so you wouldn't have to mess with the software on your PC, who knows.

 

[moggy]

As said, whilst Torrents are perfectly legal to talk about, the other bit, film rights type software etc, can't be discussed.

Personally, if its not too late, you should try and recover your pc from a previous back up, although if the bios has been messed with, that's probably easier said than done.

From a torrent streaming point of view to your home PC, your always going to be on dodgy ground, starting and including your ISP, maybe theres such a thing as 'torrent to cloud services' out there, so you wouldn't have to mess with the software on your PC, who knows.

Hi Zirk,thanks for that.I restored to an earlier date two days before i pissed about.Is that good enough as i don't have an actual back up.The megatrend thing is still there,so how will i know if my bios has been messed with.Dean.

[TheBoy]

If you're not sure - and it sounds like it has been adjusted - bin it.

And let it be a lesson that to be a successful freetard, you need to have a very good understanding of what you are doing, not just follow stupid instructions or downloads off the internet.

The likes of Netflix are cheap enough, and sports are often free with a couple of ISPs...

[moggy]

If you're not sure - and it sounds like it has been adjusted - bin it.

And let it be a lesson that to be a successful freetard, you need to have a very good understanding of what you are doing, not just follow stupid instructions or downloads off the internet.

The likes of Netflix are cheap enough, and sports are often free with a couple of ISPs...

Thanks for that TB never been called a freetard before,do you mean bin the pc.Dean.Actually i find that quite derogatory and upsetting to be honest sir.

[TheBoy]

If you're not sure - and it sounds like it has been adjusted - bin it.

And let it be a lesson that to be a successful freetard, you need to have a very good understanding of what you are doing, not just follow stupid instructions or downloads off the internet.

The likes of Netflix are cheap enough, and sports are often free with a couple of ISPs...

Thanks for that TB never been called a freetard before,do you mean bin the pc.Dean.Actually i find that quite derogatory and upsetting to be honest sir.

Its a fairly standard term in the industry for someone who uses/enjoys commercial/copyrighted material/services with no intention of paying for it. I think it was an online IT magazine/news site that originally coined it several years ago, but has now become commonplace. Covers everything from illegal music downloads to SIM cloning.  I think its quite a good, descriptive term myself

As to the PC, if the bootblock has become compromised, fairly common a few years ago with BIOS altering malware, yes, bin the PC. Unless you have access to a desoldering station, and can reprogram the flash away from the systemboard.  I'm guessing as its AMI, its old anyway.

[moggy]

If you're not sure - and it sounds like it has been adjusted - bin it.

And let it be a lesson that to be a successful freetard, you need to have a very good understanding of what you are doing, not just follow stupid instructions or downloads off the internet.

The likes of Netflix are cheap enough, and sports are often free with a couple of ISPs...

Thanks for that TB never been called a freetard before,do you mean bin the pc.Dean.Actually i find that quite derogatory and upsetting to be honest sir.

Its a fairly standard term in the industry for someone who uses/enjoys commercial/copyrighted material/services with no intention of paying for it. I think it was an online IT magazine/news site that originally coined it several years ago, but has now become commonplace. Covers everything from illegal music downloads to SIM cloning.  I think its quite a good, descriptive term myself

As to the PC, if the bootblock has become compromised, fairly common a few years ago with BIOS altering malware, yes, bin the PC. Unless you have access to a desoldering station, and can reprogram the flash away from the systemboard.  I'm guessing as its AMI, its old anyway.

Well mate the wife has called me worse ,how can i tell if the boot block has been compromised.And yes i have access to a soldering station,as i work as a solderer for an electronics company.Thing is how would i reprogram the flash without the correct software,could a pc shop do this.Dean.

[TheBoy]

And yes i have access to a soldering station,as i work as a solderer for an electronics company.Thing is how would i reprogram the flash without the correct software,

Depends on flash chip used. Some need registers set to program bootblock, some just need a bog standard flash programmer (which connects to a computer, usually PC.

could a pc shop do this.Dean.

No


If its an American Megatrends Inc BIOS, I'm guessing its several years old. Which makes it not worthwhile, as newer PCs are being sent to landfill daily.

[moggy]

And yes i have access to a soldering station,as i work as a solderer for an electronics company.Thing is how would i reprogram the flash without the correct software,

Depends on flash chip used. Some need registers set to program bootblock, some just need a bog standard flash programmer (which connects to a computer, usually PC.

could a pc shop do this.Dean.

No


If its an American Megatrends Inc BIOS, I'm guessing its several years old. Which makes it not worthwhile, as newer PCs are being sent to landfill daily.

But i can change the settings in my bios,to stop this starting on start up.And go straight to windows start up cant i, .

[TheBoy]

And yes i have access to a soldering station,as i work as a solderer for an electronics company.Thing is how would i reprogram the flash without the correct software,

Depends on flash chip used. Some need registers set to program bootblock, some just need a bog standard flash programmer (which connects to a computer, usually PC.

could a pc shop do this.Dean.

No


If its an American Megatrends Inc BIOS, I'm guessing its several years old. Which makes it not worthwhile, as newer PCs are being sent to landfill daily.

But i can change the settings in my bios,to stop this starting on start up.And go straight to windows start up cant i, .

No. One a PC of this era, the bootblock loads into memory first and is executed, which will then load the main BIOS into memory and executed, and its settings applied, which itself is responsible for bootstrapping whatever OS it can find in its boot path.

If you can get malware into the bootblock or the main BIOS, you control the PC, and there is nothing the PC owner can do about it.

Newer system have the potential for the OS to check the BIOS is unmolested, and the BIOS has the potential to check that the boot files of the OS are unmolested. But AMI must be at least 10yrs old, probably more.


If running some dodgy software, downloaded with admin rights from a dodgy website, has caused the BIOS actions to change, you have to class it as compromised. And therefore junk (as not financially viable to fix).