Have you ever lost anything valuable due to a computer virus?

an ex boyfriend years ago destroyed my hard drive on my computer.loaded it up somehow with what turned out to be the natas virus.it was a polymorphic virus so there was no way of getting rid of it. i got a new HD,but boy was i pissed at him.

I have lost imp. Documents of dad! .. damn :(

No never, most viruses are not as bad as people give them credit for. You will never get into big problems with a personal computer IMO.

it might not be valuable as in money or important personal data, but i once lost a computer program due to a computer virus. it was a program which i've created in order to bid for a government tender. it was due to be presented the next morning only to be ruined by a computer virus. i was doing some last minute testing when suddenly a message with unrecognized character keeps popping. a several minutes later, my computer won't even boot! luckily, it was only a prototype and luckily i have done a backup a day before.

me too,i've been lucky so far.