Can a virus effect hardware in any way ?
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Can a virus effect hardware in any way ?
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Sometimes chips contains some software to do something. When that software is changed it is possible that hardware conflicts (output to output, short circuit, etc). That software is called firmware. So if the firmware is malicious….
is there a way that the virus ocupies the CPU 100% for hours ... and then the CPU heats enough to damage?
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That should never happen as that would be really bad product design. It would show bad design and insufficient cooling.Originally Posted by Mosabama
Nothing like that has ever happened to me.
If you're woried about it run Prime95 for hyours and hours then check your temperatures, if you're unhappy with them invest in beter cooling.
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yeah .. that sounds logical ... as far there is not virus that can damage hardware
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Hmm.... Don't say that to load.as far there is not virus that can damage hardware
Actually there is already software that can do this...
Software that flashes BIOS's from windows can already mess things up.
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There is also viruses that can wear out sylinders on your HDD, by writing to the same place over and over again....
i think there is no virus that can damage a hardware.. but, it would damage a software that would cause a hardware to malfunction... so, it would not directly damage a hardware...
I remember that there is also memory resident virus' that when infected you can not clear or clean. Thereby only solution would be to replace the memory.
Bottom line, a virus can affect hardware in different was but usually resulting in some kind of damage, either data-wise or physical.
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I find this just a bit hard to believe. Sounds like a "WOM", Write-Only Memory, (which incidentally do exist, I've worked on them).
I can't imagine any virus doing physical damage to a system, short of wear & tear, as someone mentioned above, by overworking a HD or other component.
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