On 25 Nov at 22:30, Kenneth J. Renaud of 1:100/205 wrote to Chris Maddock:
KJR> -=> Quoting Chris Maddock to Paul Wankadia <=-
CM>> -!- Msged/386 4.20 beta 2
CM>>  ! Origin: Diagnostic CBBS - DownUnder - (3:640/302)
KJR> Was you the user who once used a Program to tear apart a program to
KJR> see what it was? I have a 486 to Penitum program that is suppose to
KJR> change your Bios to speed up the CPU, which Im skeptical about. As
KJR> after I installed it & added the command the program all my System would 
KJR> do was Boot to Dos & not Win95. I ended up wiping my system clean to be
KJR> on the Safe side which is no big deal as I have everything Critical
KJR> backed up on Zip disks.
The program you refer to, and others similar, have been a source of 
interesting readings and several well done dissemblings over the past few 
years.
The first one of this type that I ever saw was 386TO486.EXE
To my knowledge, the program plays with a few harmless things and exits. I'm 
not sure but I seem to remember that the program will actually fool other 
programs into thinking it is the faster processor, after it is run.
No big deal.
There =have= been trojans of these programs and there is nothing to stop 
someone imbedding a dropper or a virus in them.
They in actual fact do nothing. Logic states that and practice would confirm 
it. 
I would be suspect of any such program and would not run it on my machine(s).
Regards,
Chris Maddock
chrism@bbs.st.net.au
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