Is Windows A Virus?
This was forwarded to me. I do not know
who the original author is.
Is Windows a
Virus?
No, Windows is not a virus.
Here's what viruses do:
• They
replicate quickly - okay, Windows does
that.
• Viruses use up valuable
system resources, slowing down the system as they do so - okay, Windows does
that.
• Viruses will, from time
to time, trash your hard disk - okay, Windows does that
too.
• Viruses are usually
carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh...
Windows does that, too.
• 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.
Posted: Mon - November 29, 2004 at 09:20 AM