# There's a bug inside my monitor. Seen that before?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bug-inside-my-monitor-seen-that-before/816556>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bug-inside-my-monitor-seen-that-before/816556 "2018-06-22T03:38:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Perderabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bug-inside-my-monitor-seen-that-before/816556/21 "2018-06-23T16:42:28Z")

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I would try putting the monitor out in the sun for a few hours. The bug probably won’t survive the heat. If you can’t see the corpse, the problem is solved.

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bug-inside-my-monitor-seen-that-before/816556/22 "2018-06-23T21:19:58Z")

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So far this is more a curiosity than a problem. He disappeared and no matter what happened to him, there is no food or water in my monitor. I don’t see a future for him or his brethren in it.

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-bug-inside-my-monitor-seen-that-before/816556/23 "2018-06-23T23:25:41Z")

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It’s clearly a cyber bug, so it eats pixels.

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