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Can a virus melt the CPU?

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Mar 15, 202615078 views

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I was just wondering if a virus could melt a CPU by altering te voltage in the bios. :) (and no, I'm not planning on making that kind of a virus...)

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It's definitely possible if the chip failsafe can be overriden. See for example the research paper "Potential thermal security risks". From page 4: Permanent Damage – Disabling the Failsafe. The Intel failsafe cannot be disabled as far as we know, b…

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