How does a computer virus cause physical damage?
Umm, well it depends, if you run a business, computer files ARE physical damage. Any virus that has the ability to steal information off of your hard drive has the ability to take passwords, credit card information, SS #s, anything you store within your computer would be at risk. The actual effect of any particular virus depends on how it was programmed by the person who wrote the virus. 99.9999% of viruses now days can’t do any damage to hardware: they won’t ever melt down your CPU, alter your system components, or burn out your hard drive, & they’d be really really hard pressed to attempt to cause your monitor to break. The theory on this below would very rarely work even if it was written correctly. Warnings about viruses that will physically destroy your computer are usually hoaxes, not legitimate virus warnings. Some viruses are deliberately designed to damage files or otherwise interfere with your computer’s operation, while others don’t do anything but try to spread themselves a
