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antivirus becoming a necessary evil … even on linux

In computers & internet, rants on 23 October 2009 tagged antivirus, hacker, internet, karmic koala, linux, mac, malware, marketing, online, operating system, os, scam, spyware, ubuntu, virii, virus, vista, windows, windows 7, xp with no comments

antivirus, simply put, is a scam. sure virii are real. but one of the internet’s biggest legitimate money spinners is antivirus software. i’ve heard many discussions about this and my conclusion is that the conspiracy theorists are right: windows is flawed and microsoft have no interest in fixing flaws because billions of dollars would be [...]