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Old 04-08-2012, 09:54   #1
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is there a PC virus which damages hardware?

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Old 04-08-2012, 09:57   #2
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Which hardware in particular? I seriously doubt it.

The only way would be very customised to get into your bios, disable the fans and temp warnings, then make the cpu/gpu overheat. But even then you would just get BSOD.

So no.
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Old 04-08-2012, 09:59   #3
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certainly it could reduce the life of your components. but spontaneously destroy them. no.
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Old 04-08-2012, 10:07   #4
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Thanks, My brother in law told me his PC guy told him a virus had damaged an internal piece of hardware.
Not quite sure which component I will call him today and re post.
Thanks very much for your replies.
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Old 04-08-2012, 10:20   #5
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If the PC guy cant tell your in law what the virus was called, then they are talking bull. Oh and are lying and incompetent too.
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Old 04-08-2012, 10:26   #6
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If the PC guy cant tell your in law what the virus was called, then they are talking bull. Oh and are lying and incompetent too.
Agreed with this
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Old 04-08-2012, 11:30   #7
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Perhaps you should read this.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:07   #8
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I heard of one years ago that used to flash random bytes to the BIOS until it got bricked....

No idea what it was called though
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:48   #9
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I heard of one years ago that used to flash random bytes to the BIOS until it got bricked....

No idea what it was called though
I suppose it's not destroying the hardware though...just the software on it,
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:54   #10
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There is a virus which eats your hard drive. I remember reading about it on Hotmail...

Get as much info as possible from the 'PC Guy' and post it back here, just for our amusement.
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Old 04-08-2012, 14:14   #11
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I heard of one years ago that used to flash random bytes to the BIOS until it got bricked....

No idea what it was called though
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I suppose it's not destroying the hardware though...just the software on it,
Yeah, thats no different to corrupting the OS, or destroying the bootstrap.
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Old 04-08-2012, 14:23   #12
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Perhaps the it guy overclocked it and blamed a virus.
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Old 04-08-2012, 21:01   #13
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There is a virus which eats your hard drive. I remember reading about it on Hotmail...

Get as much info as possible from the 'PC Guy' and post it back here, just for our amusement.
Will be seeing by brother in law next week and will come back and let you all know what the PC guy said.
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