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Aug 17th, 2006

Can Viruses infect the hardware ?if yes then how? and if no then wats yur opinion abt Boot Sector Virus?

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Originally Posted by prlrina

Can Viruses infect the hardware ?if yes then how? and if no then wats yur opinion abt Boot Sector Virus?

Yes, some viruses can affect the hardware. One even killed your BIOS, rendering your computer unbootable. Boot Sector Virus? Wipe your Master Boot Record, and the damage is gone. The Boot Sector (or MBR for that matter) are not hardware. They're a section of the hard drive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_sector
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record

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Nov 3rd, 2006

although it made your computer unbootable , it can't infect your hardware. All you need to do is re-installing you OS and fomating your hardware and then everthing is ok. so did the MBR Virus.