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Can viruses damage hardware ?

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  • M Mohammad Dayyan

    Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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    M dHatter
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    Yes, it is possible to over heat something, maybe catch fire or burn out chips.

    KISS "Keep It Simple, Stupid"

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    • M Mohammad Dayyan

      Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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      Yes, they can even break your bones. :rolleyes:

      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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      In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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      • CPalliniC CPallini

        Yes, they can even break your bones. :rolleyes:

        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
        [My articles]

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        And make you blind. ;P

        KISS "Keep It Simple, Stupid"

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        • M Mohammad Dayyan

          Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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          Dan Neely
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          A worm that destroyed a CPU fan and caused the system to overheat.[^] This worm affects fans on all platforms, and all versions of all operating systems. There are no software patches available from any vendor to protect against the attack. :cool:

          Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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          • M Mohammad Dayyan

            Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            Usually not directly. But if you start slamming your fist on the keyboard... :~

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            • D Dan Neely

              A worm that destroyed a CPU fan and caused the system to overheat.[^] This worm affects fans on all platforms, and all versions of all operating systems. There are no software patches available from any vendor to protect against the attack. :cool:

              Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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              M dHatter
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              If you really want to see fire overclock the harddrive read arm and watch it burn.

              KISS "Keep It Simple, Stupid"

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              • D Dan Neely

                A worm that destroyed a CPU fan and caused the system to overheat.[^] This worm affects fans on all platforms, and all versions of all operating systems. There are no software patches available from any vendor to protect against the attack. :cool:

                Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                CPallini
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                That's not a virus, it's a bug! :-D

                If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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                In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                • D Dan Neely

                  A worm that destroyed a CPU fan and caused the system to overheat.[^] This worm affects fans on all platforms, and all versions of all operating systems. There are no software patches available from any vendor to protect against the attack. :cool:

                  Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                  Mohammad Dayyan
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                  That sounds scary :wtf:

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                  • M Mohammad Dayyan

                    Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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                    daniilzol
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                    Yes, sort of. Although, not in my recent memory.[^]

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                    • P PIEBALDconsult

                      Usually not directly. But if you start slamming your fist on the keyboard... :~

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                      Mohammad Dayyan
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                      :laugh:

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                      • M Mohammad Dayyan

                        Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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                        Lost User
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                        The keyboard.. now that's rare.. did it really do that or did it just mess with the driver or something like that?

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                          The keyboard.. now that's rare.. did it really do that or did it just mess with the driver or something like that?

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                          Mohammad Dayyan
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                          harold aptroot wrote:

                          did it really do that or did it just mess with the driver or something like that?

                          Actually it strongly damage the Keyboard, it has damaged my keyboard :( and some its keys broken I'm using my old keyboard right now.

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                          • M Mohammad Dayyan

                            Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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                            kmg365
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                            There are some very dangerous opcodes a virus can call... be careful.[^]

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                            • M Mohammad Dayyan

                              Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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                              Yusuf
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                              Note that viruses can't do any damage to hardware: they won't melt down your CPU, burn out your hard drive, cause your monitor to explode, etc. Warnings about viruses that will physically destroy your computer are usually hoaxes, not legitimate virus warnings. source[^]

                              Yusuf Oh didn't you notice, analogous to square roots, they recently introduced rectangular, circular, and diamond roots to determine the size of the corresponding shapes when given the area. Luc Pattyn[^]

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                                Note that viruses can't do any damage to hardware: they won't melt down your CPU, burn out your hard drive, cause your monitor to explode, etc. Warnings about viruses that will physically destroy your computer are usually hoaxes, not legitimate virus warnings. source[^]

                                Yusuf Oh didn't you notice, analogous to square roots, they recently introduced rectangular, circular, and diamond roots to determine the size of the corresponding shapes when given the area. Luc Pattyn[^]

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                                Mohammad Dayyan
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                                But I and some my friends miss our Keyboards with that Virus :(

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                                • CPalliniC CPallini

                                  That's not a virus, it's a bug! :-D

                                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                                  [My articles]

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                                  Dan Neely
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                                  I explicitly called it a worm. :doh:

                                  Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                                  • M Mohammad Dayyan

                                    harold aptroot wrote:

                                    did it really do that or did it just mess with the driver or something like that?

                                    Actually it strongly damage the Keyboard, it has damaged my keyboard :( and some its keys broken I'm using my old keyboard right now.

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                                    Lost User
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                                    So if you put it on an other computer, it still doesn't work?

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                                    • M Mohammad Dayyan

                                      Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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                                      LloydA111
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                                      Yes, very. There was once a virus which would overwrite the data in the BIOS chip of the motherboard with just random junk, next time you turned the computer on, that was it... the computer wouldnt do a thing X|

                                      Lloyd J. Atkinson I used Vista the other day. It was also the last time I will ever voluntarily use the damn thing. I would rather use Windows 1.0 just because it dosent literally chew the RAM just to draw pretty colours.

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                                      • M Mohammad Dayyan

                                        Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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                                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                                        Its my understanding that there were viruses that could (don't ask me how or if this is even true) mess around with the read/write head on HDD. You can imagine what could happen.

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                                        • M Mohammad Dayyan

                                          Hi. I've heard there are some viruses that damage to hardware like Keyboard ! Some of my friends have told , a virus has damaged to their Keyboard !!! Is it possible ?:confused: I've found it With NOD32: 3/11/2009 5:08:39 AM Real-time file system protection file ... Win32/Virut.NBM virus cleaned - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE.

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                                          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                          If you were able to update the system bios with a new flash you would be able to overclock the system and destroy components.

                                          Need custom software developed? I do C# development and consulting all over the United States. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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