2006-11-27 05:52:36 · 16 answers · asked by davidreed1973 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
No. Don't have to worry since data isn't stored permanently.
But don't buy a monitor without seeing it plugged in first so you can see if all the pixels can be lit.
Check for coffee/drink/water stains at the top too. Some knuckleheads keep drinks or plants on the top of older/larger CRTs.
Good luck.
2006-11-27 06:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by Roland 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Computer monitors are simply that: monitors. They do no processing (other than firing protons at the screen), and they have no feasible memory in which to store data such as a virus.
I suppose anything is possible, and someone could figure out a way to install a virus on the tiny CMOS area of some certain models of monitors, but such a virus would need extra software installed on whatever computer the monitor is connected to just to access it. Since most viruses are designed to zombify large groups of computers quickly and use them to send spam E-Mail, I doubt any virus writer would waste their time with this.
2006-11-27 06:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by mmccollow 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good day. Nope. Your monitor is a output device just like your speakers. A virus only affects software. There is something called drivers which are software for your hardware so if yur drivers get a virus, your hardware may work incorrectly. Laterz.
2006-11-27 06:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by The Honourable 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm afraid that maximum anti-virus classes you ought to purchase. lots have free trials yet i'm no longer sensible in the adventure that they are going to get rid of the virus (in the course of the trial). in case you desire a free answer then you could continually re-boot your computing device. decrease back up purely the archives that you want in view that a number of them will be corrupted with the virus and then bypass to the starting up menu and some the position there should be a gadget fix app. no matter if it really is an older computing device then it probable got here with a chain of discs that you've gotten to position in to attempt this. contact you computing device manufacuter for further infromation.
2016-11-29 20:31:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Viruses affect the hard drive of a computer, not the monitor. Unless you have one of those one-piece deals from Apple?
2006-11-27 06:00:41 · answer #5 · answered by Christabelle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the monitor has nothing to do with it, a virus would be in the hard drive
2006-11-27 06:09:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
No monitor can have virus as they do not have any memory in them.
2006-11-27 17:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u mean computer viruses, then no, computer viruses need a place to stay(memory), which is not present in a monitor. ps it might be possible for other viruses to be present lol
2006-11-27 06:01:21 · answer #8 · answered by slim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. viruses attack software and system not hardware. unless the hardware is related to that software. but, i've never heard such problem. its save. don't worry.
2006-11-27 05:59:12 · answer #9 · answered by Liquid Solid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the kind of virus that makes *you* sick, not your computer.
(Hey, someone could have sneezed on it before selling it to you!)
2006-11-27 06:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋