AMD Virus - Possible?

[Mr. Hasselhoff]

I am trying to sift through the hype, to find out if anyone has any knowledge of a virus capable of attacking and crippling sys bios on any computer.

http://digg.com/security/New_Virus_Can_Attack_AMD_Processors

Security researchers at Symantec have discovered a new proof of concept virus that targets AMD processors rather than operating systems. Running at the processor level, the virus can evade kernel protection. The last large scale outbreak of a chip level threat dates back to 1998's CIH/Chernobyl, which embedded itself into the flash-BIOS.

[karr]

AH this would be so cool to use

[TACO_HATER]

the truth is there is a virus out there that overheats the processor causing it too actually melt if not shut off every 3 hours<- i think intel fixed this though

[karr]

Taco_ that would be mean as hell lol

[thepreacha619]

if u knew what to do, u could turn off all the fans, and that could kill the pc in a few hours. nice. but thats just mean.