The Death69 Virus Hoax

      There is a new horrible virus on the loose! created late
      November by elite hacker "DEATH-BLAZE." The virus is full
      stealth and Trojan, once thought never possible, it first
      formats the hard drive, then it physically eats at the materials
      of the drive. researchers are stunned, they say it is probably
      the most destructive virus ever created.
      The warning goes on to state that it comes from an anti-virus company (Norton). 
       There's of course, nothing particularly difficult about including Trojan code in a virus.
     Nothing can "physically eat" your drive as stated. 
    (When I saw this statement about "eating the drive", I thought this was should be obviously a
    joke, but sadly this is not the case.)  Claims that viruses will physically damage your hardware
    are frequent in the many hoaxes that we see but this one wins the award of being the silliest yet.