Is this possible, and if so...

[SCNK]

I'll preface this thread with the obvious statement and let you all know that i'm a major newbie in the tech side of computers.

While on yahoo messenger last night there was a user who got mad at a second user, and made the second user "go away". Upon doing so he said that he hadn't simply booted the second user, but instead he claimed to have "burned" the second user's PC. He went on to say that the second user will now need another PC as the one he was using is nothing more than a paperweight now.

My first question is simply: Is this possible?

Second question...If such is possible, what can be done to protect a system from such acts?

Again, sorry for the complete lack of knowledge that I have in the tech world. Hopefully I'll pick up on things fairly quickly.

Thanks
SCNK

 

[brady]

A: its possible to "boot" someone out of a chat room.
B: A hacker with the skills to "burn" someones machine is not hanging out in the yahoo chat rooms.

 

[SCNK]

but if hacker with the skills was bored enough to be in a room, they could burn someone?

is there anything that can be done to prevent such from happening?


Thanks

SCNK

 

[Tuskatappaja]

Hacker who want's to burn someones computer would have to first track down the other user and when he knows where he lives, visit him with a blowtorch