You may have heard about a new malware that can 'destroy' your computer. This is a bit overblown in the media. It can make it not boot (which a competent IT person can repair) and even wipe out your data (which is backed up, right???). But it can't physically 'break' your computer.


Can the Rombertik malware really "destroy computers"? No, no, three times NO!
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We didn't really want to get drawn into this one. But it's hard to avoid commenting on malware that has variously been described as a "terrifying suicide bomber'" and as having a payload that "d…