Originally posted here by i90t@dd
I don't think there are viruses advanced enough yet to wipe out HD . But i am newb so i could be wrong. I read it in a book that was was written over a year ago. Is there anyone out there that knows this for sure?
I did read that most virus hoaxes claim they will "wipe all files off HD."
Actually if all it did was delete a few files then no.... its not a virus its just plain ol' malware. However you could make a over-writer very easly. It overwrites the file with its own code... since there is replication it can be considered a virus. And then there are appenders which attach itself to other files.