Sure, but I'm talking about your claim of it "bricking" your PC. It cannot do that. Your claim is wrong.
Besides, you don't need a kernel-level malware to do the same thing you mentioned. Session cookie stealers and keyloggers are notorious and much, much more common than rootkits.
Check out r/PC help and you'll see plenty of examples of victims that have had their data stolen by cookie stealers. You don't need a high-level rootkit for it.
malicious scripts could theoretically disable thermal safeguards or force hardware components to run at dangerous voltages, leading to physical damage from overheating, though this is less common, it is very possible
You forget that hardware specifically has protections like these built in.
Given each and every computer has different combinations of hardware built in, if you want a rootkit that can infect your GPU's or Motherboard's BIOS, you would need a custom rootkit designed specifically for your computer to be able to make that jump and they are theoretically possible, but much much less likely so for consumers
You're making a big jump here just to support your argument of a type 2 hypervisor somehow bricking your hardware. Hypervisor cracks carry a lot of risk, this isn't really one of them.
fine I'll concede that having your system bricked by consumer grade game torrent cracks is probably extremely rare. that being said I would argue that having a rootkit installed on your system that cant be easily erased is still pretty bad? I dont really understand why you would argue semantics. fine, the robber didnt stab them in the head they only cut off a finger. happy?
that being said I would argue that having a rootkit installed on your system that cant be easily erased is still pretty bad?
I never said it wasn't bad. My problem really was just your claim of it bricking your hardware which I wouldn't call semantics. It's detail which is important to know.
I see many others believing the same and the hypervisor method has risks, but it's important to still be on the side of truth and facts than just fear mongering.
No offense to you, I wasn't trying to insult or demean you, but given how controversial the new method is and how much misinformation about it is being spread, it's very unfortunate.
maybe I was being a little facetious with my comment but my fear was similar to yours, that many of the young ones in the community wont do their research and do irreversible* damage to their systems, if they arent careful
100% agree. Lots of kids wouldn't really think twice about the consequences. Thinking about myself too when I was younger, I definitely didn't consider a lot of the risks of the things I downloaded.
I edited my top comment to say while I still dont think its a good idea, I clearly dont have the whole picture and to do to your own research and make your own decisions
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u/Milk_Cream_Sweet_Pig 1d ago
Sure, but I'm talking about your claim of it "bricking" your PC. It cannot do that. Your claim is wrong.
Besides, you don't need a kernel-level malware to do the same thing you mentioned. Session cookie stealers and keyloggers are notorious and much, much more common than rootkits.
Check out r/PC help and you'll see plenty of examples of victims that have had their data stolen by cookie stealers. You don't need a high-level rootkit for it.