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A question about me_cleaner: can malware simply re-enable it? Or does using me_cleaner "brick" the ME system permanently?
by tubehouse 10y ago
A question about me_cleaner: can malware simply re-enable it? Or does using me_cleaner "brick" the ME system permanently?
- pgeorgi 10y agoIt removes enough parts of the ME firmware that it's stuck in whatever mode initialized by the ME's boot ROM (which is in-chip). In principle it might be possible to upload code through an undocumented interface and get it to boot up later. Nobody (outside Intel) knows.