Yes, the virus waring is a hoax, but there are (very) rare occasions where
software has defeated hardware.
One example: Cisco (the makers of routers that consist of 80% of the
internet) had a bug in their operating system that destroyed the NVRAM in
the router.
A few years back there was a bug in an program that caused a *very* tight
instruction loop. The constant computation of the CPU caused it to
overheat and be destroyed.
As a rule of thumb, any virus warning coming from, and forward to 10
people in AOL is a bad hoax. Especially if it clains that reading a text
message can magically destroy hardware.
Greg U
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