Re Elam (early Load Anti Malware) And Bios

busterbuddy

Does a pc need to be using a UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) rather than a standard BIOS for the ELAM to be able to function properly with BDIS on a pc? How about Windows 8 Security. Does it also need a UEFI rather than a standard bios for the ELAM to function as Microsoft intended it too?

busterbuddy

Does a pc need to be using a UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) rather than a standard BIOS for the ELAM to be able to function properly with BDIS on a pc? How about Windows 8 Security. Does it also need a UEFI rather than a standard bios for the ELAM to function as Microsoft intended it too?

According to Sophos:

"Secure Boot

The first feature owners of a new Windows 8 PC will benefit from is known as

Secure Boot. All new PCs that are certified for Windows 8 must utilize the UEFI

(Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) standard, rather than a traditional BIOS.

UEFI must be configured to only launch boot loaders that are signed by trusted

authorities. Vendors shipping Windows 8 certified machines will trust Microsoft’s

signature, but are not prohibited from including others or allowing end-users to

import their own

.....

ELAM (Early Load Anti Malware) is designed to enable security vendors to

validate non-Windows components loaded during startup. In addition to the

Windows kernel verifying that all boot driver signatures are valid, a bare-bones

anti-malware engine may also be used to check drivers before they are loaded

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/P...Windows%208.pdf

antikythera

As per the answer already given to you by Galileo 39 on the other forum UEFI is required for ELAM functionality as part of Windows 8 Secure Boot (which is only available with UEFI driven windows 8 certified machines) regardless of the security package installed. Further information can be found on the MSDN website.