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Some viruses make your harddrive heads bang against their stops and can ruin them.
With flashable bioses and switchable voltage regulators come another set of problems. Some viruses can erase the flash programming of the motherboard bios leaving you with a worthless board. I have heard that some can increase the voltage going to the processor ruining the processor. I have no personal experience with this however.
Yes, viruses can do damage to hardware. A rule of thumb that I have heard is "If you can change it, a virus can change it."
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Carl
Have you noticed? Despite the high cost of living it is still the most popular option available.
Integrity is it's own reward!
The rarest animal in the world is a liberal using his own money. It is easy to be a liberal when the result of your politics still leaves you very well-off. Try letting all that spending hurt and you'll see how many folks are for it!
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