Ok now this is getting creepy! A person by the name of +Dragos Ruiu on Google plus was posting about how he was installing MAC OS and how his BIOS was getting changed.
This person is a highly respected computer security expert, and his claims are getting noticed!
What he found was a sonic sounding backdoor for viruses.
Mr. Ruiu heard a high pitch whine in his home sound system and investigated what it was coming from. It wasn't the electrical system like he had hoped...here's what he found:
when disabling the receiving computers microphone the sound ceased- the sound was being sent from another computer. This is a new type of air-gap virus. It lies dormant until an audio signal wakes it up. It's an ultrasonic signal.
Spooky, creepy, un nerving - all these things....
You can read about it here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24582-can-a-computer-virus-communicate-via-your-speakers.html
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