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Malware to damage PC parts?

There's some Malware with enough power to damage some PC part?
It's possible in ways, maybe overclock CPU at some point, and in time it will break, GPU also.
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U could exploit GPU drivers and force them to crank up the voltage which would lead to GPU dying.
Most hardware focused malware is run my government organisations and not in public hands, all with the exception of trickbot which is private and has recently implemented a uefi malware component to allow it to retain persistence on the device by being stored in the uefi chip, this allows the malware to stay on the system even if the os is erased and reinstalled.

This kind of method makes it extremely hard to remove the malware but this is also the first private group that is not government run to impliment a hardware vulnerability into their malware.

Most hardware focused malwares use zero days. Take stuxnet as an example created by the US to target irans nuclear program and used no less than 4 0days (possibly more)

0days are not just handed around so you are left with methods like over clocking, frying the motherboard with a failed update or a method that can't be spoke about on here.
(Nov 30, 2020 02:33 PM)aerohacker Wrote:  There's some Malware with enough power to damage some PC part?

Maybe due to overheating.
Overheating is your best bet here, although most modern hardware will shut down if it reaches a certain temperature.
In theory, it's possible. In practice, there is no market for such malware. So you would have to code this on your own.
(Dec 6, 2020 09:27 PM)Mantrayana Wrote:  In theory, it's possible. In practice, there is no market for such malware. So you would have to code this on your own.

Good answer. If you gather up information on your target you can rat their pc and install overclocking tool correspondent to the motherboard/GPU, that's how id go about it. This sounds like a fun project though... hmmm......................................
you will not be able to make a computer explode but you could overheat it as mentioned above by other users


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