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Is Windows a Virus?



Hi all,

here some info about a new virus, called: WINDOWS (WARNING: there going
to a new one - WIN95):

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McAfee-Question : Is Windows a virus ?

No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:

    1. They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that.

    2. Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system
       as they do so - okay, Windows does that.

    3. Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay,
       Windows does that too.

    4. Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with
       valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too.

    5. Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too
       slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware.  Yup, that's with
       Windows, too.

Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental
differences:  Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on
most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they
tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.

So Windows is not a virus.

It's a bug.

Christian
73 de DG2NDJ@DB0ABH.#BAY.DEU.EU
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nop, windows isn't a virus ... but DOS is ... a boot virus :).
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