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Originally Posted by ZrByte
Fortunatley there is a benefit of what they are doing, most of these viruses dont have lasting effects (Like the ones a few years back that rewrote your BIOS) so they can be easily cleaned, this also highlights problems in the windows code and improves security stoping some A-Hole script kiddie from personally attacking your computer and doing something lasting like the bios thingy above.
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Oh come on that's taking being positive about a negative to extremes.How much are we as the 'civilians' in this WAR paying out for AV's and firewalls?
They are the cyber equivilant of the local stone throwing,fence busting,window smashing,spraycan wielding thugs that plagued many neighbourhoods.If I said well there is an advantage to them because they make the police upgrade and review their crime statistics you would want to smack me.
