Benjamin Scott wrote: > All other points are correct, but viruses are not > distructive anymore. They want to stay hidden and > steal your computer and data for other purposes. > > > Viruses are destructive, invasive, and a complete waste of everyone's > > time. Anti-virus software is equally invasive, significantly slowing > > down all critical computer operations and causes all sorts of problems > > worse than most viruses.
You're wrong. A quick Google search and scan through Kapersky's website turned up this worm (supposedly the fastest spreading virus/worm out there at the moment): http://www.viruslist.com/en/alerts?alertid=203996089 Clearly destructive. Yes, there is probably data swiping oriented malware that gets installed afterward (which isn't specified as such per se - but is probably a botnet/rootkit and other nasties), but there is also clear destruction going on with the main virus prior to installation of more malware. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
