* Replying to a message originally to Warren Yates on 02-12-96
GP> In a message to all, Yates sez:
GP>
GP>  WY> Just reading all of these theorys about destroying
GP>  WY> hardware with virus' ...
GP>  WY> My Dad is pretty well educated in hardware, and wants to
GP> know how can a
GP>  WY> piece of software change the crystal speed (which is set
GP> by jumpers on the
GP>  WY> motherboard)???
GP>
GP>
GP> It can't Warren. Anyone who tried an tell you that a viroid can
GP> destroy
GP> hardware is a moron.
While anyone who says that it is not possable for software to distroy 
hardware is a bigger moron...  What if I were to kick my video card into a 
scaning freq. that my monitor could not handle.  While leaving the monitor on 
for 10 minutes.  According to the X-windows manuals it will kill the 
monitor...  So all a virus has to do is wait until there is no computer 
activity for a few hours (assume that opporator has left the computer 
unittended).  Kick the monitor into a scanning freq. that it can not handle, 
hope that the monitor is on and thats it...
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