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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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    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.

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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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      Steve Mayfield
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      yes, if you have a virus and start sneezing a lot, the mucus can get into the keyboard and gum up the works :laugh:

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      • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

        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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        Lost User
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        • L Lost User

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

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          Mohammad Dayyan
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          Yes, Let me explain a little more. I've had my Main Board Driver in the a HARD DISK drive , I guess the Virus mess around it and after installing driver my Keyboard fail. :( Is it possible at all !

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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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            Steve Dubyo
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            ...and blow your family to smithereens![^]

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            • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

              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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              Dan Neely
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              way back in the day, you could screw around with the sector layout of HDs with a low level format (now this is done at the factory and can't be messed with). If you tweaked things right you could improve your performance, if not...

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              • M Mohammad Dayyan

                That sounds scary :wtf:

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                scary hairy use shampoo :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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