Better for your lungs, worse for your hard drives, e-cigarettes can potentially infect a computer if plugged in to chargeE-cigarettes may be better for your health than normal ones, but spare a thought for your poor computer – electronic cigarettes have become the latest vector for malicious software, according to online reports.Many e-cigarettes can be charged over USB, either with a special cable, or by plugging the cigarette itself directly into a USB port.