Worm Crashes Computer. No, a Real Worm!

December 31st, 1969 | Category: Gadget News

A PC repair guy in the UK named Mark Taylor discovered that his busted computer was shut down by a worm. No, I’m not talking about a worm computer virus that spreads itself via the Web.

An actual worm wrapped itself around the laptop’s fan, where it was “cooked.” Taylor speculates that one of his cats brought the worm into the house, and it crawled into the laptop.

Original post by Mike

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