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Post #10 by Quadrajet
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateSun, 20 Jul 2008 - 22:54
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/darn-scary-68k-virus.14075/
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"took up the entire screen with a countdown to meltdown"
so what did it do, open a window and start a timer? and what exactly do you mean by meltdown. there is no possible way that a virus could cause a literal "meltdown". this isn't the movies, software has basically a null effect on hardware. it can only do what the hardware was designed too do, and i highly doubt Motorola put in a "self destruct" instruction set into its chips.

and how the hell did you get it? its not like people are actually programming...well anything for 68k macs these days.


Hrmm... in my field, software has an immense effect on hardware. A programming error I made destroyed a $30,000 piece of hardware once. I've also broken many smaller things worth a total of over $10,000.

But on consumer electronics, generally not. :p

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