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Actually, there are Computer Viruses that are designed to shut down important parts of your computer hardware than can lead to damage to many physical parts of your computer.

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What kind of virus can corrupt computer hardware?

win32


What type of virus can corrupt hardware?

Most viruses cannot harm hardware, the only type of virus that can harm hardware is a Memory virus, which permanently writes itself to the Ram, or Memory of a computer, the best method to remove the virus is to replace the ram in the computer, which usually cost about 20 dollars for 2-4 gig cards, depending on their speed and retailer.


What is the most common damage caused by computer virus?

1.erase or corrupt useful data from harddisk 2. affect hardware components 3. slow down the computer


What can cause hardware equipment not to perform as expected?

A corrupt driver


Is a virus scanner a hardware?

No. it is software.


Is McAfee virus protection a computer hardware?

No, McAfee virus protection is not hardware. Instead, it is a software program. Hardware is the physical parts of a computer, but software is computer code. So an antivirus program is software, not hardware.


What does it mean when you have a Bad Pool Header?

It means your Registry is corrupt or you have a Virus.


What happens if your computer has a virus?

it depends on the type. Virus can steal data, corrupt data, and modify data without your permission


Is McAfee Virus Protection considered to be computer hardware?

no


What would cause the audio to suddenly have no loud volume?

Corrupt or missing driver or failing hardware.


How can you tell if a file on your computer is corrupt or a virus?

There is no way to eyeball a file and tell if it is a virus. Use a good antivirus program and let it do the work for you.


Can you give me a virus code that can destroy computer hardware?

Viruses by nature destroy software, not hardware. But, you could run a "virus" that was an infinite loop, that did not allow for its termination, and that could possible lead to heat issues for the hardware. Possible damaging it.