"if software could actually damage hardware, virus programmers would have been doing it for ages"
Well I don't know if it counts, but it is possible to damage the data in a bios to the point that the motherboard won't work. And the same for any hardware that has a flash rom. That's why anytime you flash a rom they warn you that you should run in safe mode. If it crashes or the power goes out, bye bye motherboard.
Pretty much any component in your PC could have a flash rom in it. They all need software to run. Does it really make a difference if they're actually damaging the hardware if the hardware becomes useless as a result?
That said, I doubt Starforce is mucking with flash roms.
Well I don't know if it counts, but it is possible to damage the data in a bios to the point that the motherboard won't work. And the same for any hardware that has a flash rom. That's why anytime you flash a rom they warn you that you should run in safe mode. If it crashes or the power goes out, bye bye motherboard.
Pretty much any component in your PC could have a flash rom in it. They all need software to run. Does it really make a difference if they're actually damaging the hardware if the hardware becomes useless as a result?
That said, I doubt Starforce is mucking with flash roms.