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kw> fine and dandy, but no know virus ever has, nor is it
kw> particularly likely one ever will... few viruses even get
kw> tested, let alone are the product of the amount of research
kw> necessary to pull of what you're suggesting... 
dc> I don't know about you, but I was hit by a virus a few years ago 
dc> that caused me a bit of physical damage through software. I
dc> believe it was called the "Dark Avenger" virus or one of it's
dc> kindred... 
"Dark Avenger", when resident, has a 1 in 16 chance of trashing a
random disk sector.  It overwrites the sector - it does _not_ cause
physical damage.
dc> I've also heard of others that will overwrite your CMOS, burn
dc> your CPU, and even rewrite your EEPROM (though I doubt this
dc> last one)... 
_All_ nonsense.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 4 Feb 18:07 
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