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Gullanian View Drop Down
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    Posted: 06 April 2005 at 12:08pm
Can viruses actually cause physical damage to a computer?  I mean, are there viruses out there for example that overclock your CPU to the point of burning?
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Not sure about your example, but yes. Viruses can cause physical damage. Early viruses caused disk drive heads to literally crash into the plates. I imagine it would be possible to have a virus run the computer hot enough to melt, but I really don't know.

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