is it possible for a virus to damage computer hardware, such

>>57589278
yes by corrupting the bios chip

>>57589278
do you not know what internet search engines are?
you worthless shitposting fuck

yes by corrupting the bios chip

>>57589278
maybe by corrupting the bios chip.

>>57589278

That would be what they call a "vulnerability", and yes, there could be one that would give a virus access to your BIOS chip.

>>57589278
You've obviously never programmed before and don't know what C is

>>57589278
alright guys lets do it

>>57589278
some viruses can corrupt your bios chip

Ya the CIH.1103 virus did that back in 1999 and the early 2000s. It would infect PE files, and on 26 April would trash the hard drive and BIOS

>>57589969

I'm actually kinda nostalgic for CIH, it was the first computer virus i encountered first-hand as a kid...

so we need to detect what motherboard is used (anyone knowing a good library for that? could also parse some cli program), then download the correct bios file from the mainboard manufacturers ftp, then use the manufacturers bios update tool to flash the bios and just corrupt the flashing by just killing the flash process

Anyone in here knows how to hide application windows in Windows OS? It's definitely doable and also pretty easy.

Then just get some cracked torrent and add the viruse into it

Is that cool enough?

>>57589969
>>57590038
CIH was pretty fucking awesome.
Source code was written pretty sexy too.

>>57589278
yes by corrupting the bios chip

yes, possible
if it corrupts the bios maybe

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>>57589278
yes by overclocking the cpu or gpu disabiling shutdown on overheat, and turning the fan speed to 0

you could also technically upload a mangew virus through zyklon g fort array pointers then enable off switching in the zx-1cu capacitor near the symmetry base on the motherboard.

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>>57589278

Yes

See: Stuxnet

yes by corrupting the bios chip

>>57589278
newfag

>>57589278
Yes. Of course. You can delete efivars for example

yes by corrupting the bios chip

>>57589278
yes by corrupting the bios chip

well, if some kind of virus had complete kernel mode access, it could fuck with hardware for sure, maybe to the point
of complete overheating, but there's been stuff near the bios like mbr overwrites and such, though NSA apparently
has some nasty malware that can infect firmware of some hardware i believe.

>>57589278
yes is the short answer
The long answer is that unless someone has physical access to the computer to flash the bios or socially engineers the owner of the computer the flash the BIOS it's rare
You see the future in viruses like Stuxnet though as the future though because it was designed to either
>speed centrifuges up and destroy them
>slow them down to a creep and destroy them
in Iranian Nuclear plants
but that had probably three state governments creating it
the fucking thing can infect an air gaped computer

>>57591247
Stuxnet is a massive virus (multipartite, polymorphic, self-conceiling, and a dropper) exploiting four zero days and targeted Siemens SCADA systems used for monitoring and controlling electromechanical hardware of all kinds. It is not limited to nuclear centrifuges as Siemens SCADA stuff is popular. Worrying.

>>57589278
a virus can't actually damage the physical bios chip, but it can erase, modify, replace or damage the firmware on the chip. if the chip is re-flashed with the original bios, it will work just fine.

>>57589278
Possibly by corrupting the bios chip