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This should really be in the Virus and Spyware section....
What you have is what we refer to as "scumware"...phony virus apps that just want to seperate you from your hard-earned money...
The trouble is is that they are insidious...and very often extremely hard to remove unless SOMEONE who KNOWS what they're doing assists...
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A virus cannot destroy hardware

Couldn't someone write a virus that turns the fans off and does something to work the CPU constantly until it overheats. Or, that reformats your drive to maybe Windows 98?Quote from: Doug on October 11, 2011, 07:55:33 PM
Couldn't someone write a virus that turns the fans off and does something to work the CPU constantly until it overheats. Or, that reformats your drive to maybe Windows 98?
Not quite sure why that question needed repeating...and yes ...2 of the 3 are possible.Quote from: Doug on October 11, 2011, 07:55:33 PM
Couldn't someone write a virus that turns the fans off and does something to work the CPU constantly until it overheats. Or, that reformats your drive to maybe Windows 98?
CPU fan turns off, BIOS shuts off computer, no hardware damaged.
CPU overheats, BIOS shuts off computer, no hardware damaged.
Drive reformatted, no hardware damaged.


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