2006-11-07 17:14:03 · 2 answers · asked by Rawr 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Most viruses are embedded in the computer hard drive. However, some viruses give binary commands to limit/cripple or even delete memory.
There are purportedly some viruses that can give commands to alter and increase electricity flow to certain components, causing fast burn-out--and hardware damage.
2006-11-07 17:24:03 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the viruses, worms and trojans infect the harddisk files. There are some viruses that stay in the memory also. Some of them stay in BIOS thereby causing problrms in booting and hardware detection.
Some of the viruses try to alter the hardware settings and pheripheral configuration, there by causing problems in display, sound and video. But they are very less in number and there are lots of fixes available at Mcafee and Symantic (Nortan).
2006-11-08 01:55:18 · answer #2 · answered by Shaj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋