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Why Virus Writers are Useful

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-are-mosquitos dept.

man_of_mr_e writes "Security site Zone-h.org has an interview with Professor Samuel D. Forrester, one of the worlds leading immunologists. In this interview he asserts that immunity is built by infection, and without it you would have a much weaker ecosystem. "

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  1. plz help!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Married With Children Reference by burgburgburg · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Peg: Thank Microsoft, kids, for leaving it's operating systems so wide open that lots of virii writers will keep at it, eventually leading to safer versions that probably won't come in your lifetimes or the lifetimes of your children or your children's children.

    Bud and Kelly: Thanks Microsoft.

  3. WTF??? by (54)T-Dub · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The article is slashdotted. So I posted it ... why is that Redundant?? Meta-mod will get you!

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    "I can not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presents danger, the solution is ignorance" - Isaac Asimov