Re: Modern hw-killing virus feasible

[christian void <cvoid () MORPHINE COM>]

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Bart wrote:

> Doesn't seem anything really new. The CIH Virus
>  http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=10300&; ) written in 1998 did
> something like what you are describing. On a set date it tried to flash the
> bios with garbage, making the infected pc unable to boot.

certain types of open errors on commodore 64 disk drives would cause the
drive to spin endlessly. unattended and without a fan, this would
eventually overheat the drive and push it out of alignment. the drive
could be repaired, but it was still a pain. saw a lot of bbs systems go
offline (temporarily) because of this. as always, it was the direct result
of poorly coded software.

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