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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.

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