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echo: virus_info
to: GORDON FREY
from: DAVID AMES
date: 1997-01-26 14:50:00
subject: VIRUS DESTROY HARDWA

GF>
GF> Well only a FOOL will leave a unattended computer monitor on
GF> for
GF> extended periods.  ONE its a FIRE hazard.  TWO wasted power.
GF> AND
GF> THREE the picture tube wares out plus other nasty things like
GF> having the picture tube burned in, yes even the new monitors
GF> can
GF> have a image burned in.  Also the computer will outlast the
I guess you have never gone through a high-rise building at night, when 
almost ALL office staff leave their monitors on 24 hours a day, 7 hours a 
week.
GF> damaged.  It is possible to damage the monitors but the new
GF> hardware will just go into a power saving mode when the sync.
GF> signals go out of range.  Any monitor damage will occur mainly
GF> with the poorly designed monitors mostly very old.  Some
GF> monitors
GF> can't be damaged even if they are driven with a out of spec
GF> signal
But it is still possable!   It is still posable to software to distroy 
hardware!
GF> for days on end!  So having damage from a virus (hardware) is
GF> next
GF> to nil.
Next to nill, but still possable.  There are still a lot of systems out there 
which have monitors going back 10+ years ago.
See Ya!
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