DA>Now if I can damage my monitor by using it improperly, whats to say that a
DA>virus writer can not write a virus which will simulate these conditions an
DA>therefor distroy the monitor.
Hmmm.....don't think there's been a virus written yet that could drop
your monitor on the floor, or move it into direct sunlight, etc. :)
Seriously though, the point isn't whether it can be done, but rather if
it *were* done, would anyone notice. Consider this:
What percentage of monitors out there today actually can be damaged in
this fashion? 1 in 1,000? 1 in 10,000?
What percentage of computers (theoretically) will be hit by any given
virus? Again, 1 in 1,000? 1 in 10,000?
Given those numbers (which are I just made up, BTW), then this virus
would only affect AT BEST 1 in 1,000,000 PC's. I would venture that the
actual percentage would be much lower.
Knowing that, why would someone deliberately write a virus with a
payload that has virtually no chance of ever being activated? I'm sure
if someone really wanted to target those monitors for some reason,
they'd find a better way than this.
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