Computer viruses are good.

manishsinghon

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Hi guys,

By definition, viruses do not have to do something bad. An early (and current) virus researcher, Fred Cohen, has argued that good computer viruses are a serious possibility. In fact, he has offered a reward of $1,000 for the first clearly useful virus; but, he hasn’t paid yet.Most researchers, however, take the other side and argue that the use of self-replicating programs are never necessary; the task that needs to be performed can just as easily be done without the replication function.

VesselinBontchev has written a paper originally delivered at the 1994 EICAR conference, titled Are “Good” Computer Viruses Still a Bad Idea?.

Please share your views..
 
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