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 One for Freddie - is Windows a virus???
 
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One for Freddie - is Windows a virus???
Posted: 07 Mar 06 5:24 PM (United Kingdom)
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, Windows does that, 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.
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Re: One for Freddie - is Windows a virus???
Posted: 07 Mar 06 5:38 PM (United Kingdom)
LOL... Im trying to think of a  witty reply here - but Im stuck...with me its not Windows thats the virus - but the whole damn computer - its a virus that bugs me all day ....well  till I get  back on here and then it just drives me to insanity !!! :o))
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Re: One for Freddie - is Windows a virus???
Posted: 07 Mar 06 5:48 PM (N/A)

LOL - good one, Nev.

I heard another argument once for why windows is not a virus : viruses do something

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