Fw: Modern hw-killing virus feasible

[Cilice Cracker <wildmail () GRATIS1 COM AR>]

 Hello:

 I have some questions for you...
Someone know the possibility of a virus KO! my procesor ?
The viruses can overclocking the procesor for crash the machine ?
I know some programs that can overclock the video card base chip,
like TNT, TNT2  and S3. The seme tecnique can be used in a virus.
I was investigated about this, but i didin't found anything.

P.D: Sorry, but my english is so bad.... If you was found some error,
insult me :-)

  ------You wrote:--------
> > Hi!
> >
> >  Current DVD-regioning system provides *very* easy possibility for
> >  virus to render hardware unusable. Current DVD-roms allow setting
> >  DVD region for limited number of times.
> >
> >  Imagine virus, that switches DVD between japan-region and asia-region
> >  as many times as it can. It would leave DVD locked either to japan or
> >  asia, effectively making it unusable for european/us citizen.
> >
> >  Long time ago, rumors went that it is possible to kill harddrive by
> >  software. Then, old monitors could be damaged by software by
> >  missprograming them (but damage would take lot of time). Now DVDs
> >  provide effective way for software making them unusable. Pretty sad.
> >
> >                                                                Pavel
> >
> > --
> > I'm pavel () ucw cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't
care."
> > Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss () linmodems org