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Topic: Virus question

Posted By: Gullanian
Subject: Virus question
Date 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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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 06 April 2005 at 12:44pm

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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