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Can Virus Damage the Computer Hardware?

A virus can cause limited damage to hardware. Most of the PC components now a days come with Flash Memory. Motherboards, Modems etc are powered by Flash Memory to make them upgradable through software. A change in the Flash Bios may lead to device mal function or even render it useless. They have to be reprogrammed for usability.

CIH was designed to overwrite the code of Mother Board's Flash BIOS. This makes the machine dead, till the BIOS is reprogrammed or changed.We may have viruses writing the Flash BIOS of other devices also.