Is Windows a Virus?

greglo23

Is Windows a Virus?

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.





maybe i should post this in the Windows Forum

snappieT

LOL

Bravo, Encore et al

weemcd

harr:rolleyes:

modular

No, Windows is not a virus. A virus is designed to cause harm to computers, and is quite often transmitted unknowingly through email. This would obviously be impractical with a file as large as Windows.

Pugsley

modular wrote:

No, Windows is not a virus. A virus is designed to cause harm to computers, and is quite often transmitted unknowingly through email. This would obviously be impractical with a file as large as Windows.

Well then it could be more of an irish virus, where it actually asks you to bugger up your computer, an example of an irish virus would be this blighter here, nasty wee virus now:

http://www.seoulshamrock.co.kr/Irish%20Virus.jpg

ps: its not actually a virus for those paranoid among you

snappieT

modular wrote:

No, Windows is not a virus. A virus is designed to cause harm to computers, and is quite often transmitted unknowingly through email. This would obviously be impractical with a file as large as Windows.

Square.

Goodshape

Pugsley wrote:

an example of an irish virus would be this blighter here, nasty wee virus now:

http://www.seoulshamrock.co.kr/Irish%20Virus.jpg

Rofl! Haven't seen that in ages

funky penguin

Pugsley wrote:

Well then it could be more of an irish virus, where it actually asks you to bugger up your computer, an example of an irish virus would be this blighter here, nasty wee virus now:

http://www.seoulshamrock.co.kr/Irish%20Virus.jpg

ps: its not actually a virus for those paranoid among you

Excellent.

Blub2k4

snapscan1212p wrote:

Square.

snapscan meet geek humour, geek humour this is snapscan, you obviously are not acquainted with one another.

Sherifu

If we look at windows source code its not a virus.

98' source

(insert name)

modular wrote:

No, Windows is not a virus. A virus is designed to cause harm to computers, and is quite often transmitted unknowingly through email. This would obviously be impractical with a file as large as Windows

rkm wrote:

If we look at windows source code its not a virus.

greglo23 wrote:

So Windows is not a virus.

Please read before destroying this lighthearted* piece of humour
If you have nothing productive to say then don't say anything.




* meaning not to be taken seriously

(insert name)

also

rkm wrote:

If we look at windows source code its not a virus.

how exactly would you do that? because, correct me if i'm wrong, windows isn't open source

Cathy

rkm wrote:

If we look at windows source code its not a virus.

98' source

aidan_walsh

(insert name) wrote:

If you have nothing productive to say then don't say anything.

I'm pretty sure that would lead to nothing at all being said in this forum.

I could take the time to pick the joke apart bit by bit, but I don't have the time just now. Sorry.

Sherifu

(insert name) wrote:

how exactly would you do that? because, correct me if i'm wrong, windows isn't open source

:eek:
I hope for your sake you're joking.

(insert name) wrote:

If you have nothing productive to say then don't say anything.

You are turning out to be the funniest thing in this thread.
Take a bow.

Sherifu

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Personally i don't like firefox
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Sig has been fixed.

kmart6

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