ChatterBank0 min ago
Virus that wipes hard drives?
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Is it possible for someone to maliciously 'hack' into your PC via a chat room to insert a virus that instantly wipes your hard drive?
Is this classed as criminal activity?
Is this classed as criminal activity?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It is possible if you use the internet without using a firewall program ( you don't necessarily need to be in a chat room, just sitting there connected to the internet is enough) or download stuff without using a virus checker.
If it was your personal stuff that was wiped then it's treated as more malicious than criminal. If it was the Police National Computer or a govt. site then the boys in blue would take it very seriously indeed.
If it was your personal stuff that was wiped then it's treated as more malicious than criminal. If it was the Police National Computer or a govt. site then the boys in blue would take it very seriously indeed.
everything is possible ... firewall or not ... (see the hacker prosecution this very week) - I have a chum who is now a security consultant who did this sort of thing for fun (but real hacker don't do damage - they just leave tracks)
Instantly ...no - the prog needs to be started up somehow (at boot time or by you opening a document or whatever.
however this sort of thing requires quite a high degree of knowledge - are you worth that amount of attention?
(not many people are)
Instantly ...no - the prog needs to be started up somehow (at boot time or by you opening a document or whatever.
however this sort of thing requires quite a high degree of knowledge - are you worth that amount of attention?
(not many people are)