Is Windows a virus?

05-31-2000, 01:35 AM

Someone sent me this over ICQ...

Quote:

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.

05-31-2000, 01:38 AM

Hehe. :lol:

05-31-2000, 09:25 AM

That was funny and true

.

05-31-2000, 11:36 AM

Duh!

05-31-2000, 12:33 PM

Hehehehehe:lol:
I like that! You'll get no argument from me.

05-31-2000, 03:08 PM

:lol:

05-31-2000, 04:50 PM

no! not a bug, ´tis a plague! :lol:

05-31-2000, 09:46 PM

:lol:

06-01-2000, 01:56 AM

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

06-02-2000, 09:49 PM

:rollin: :lol: :rollin:
It's funny cause it's true!

trolls' bane · 05-22-2006, 01:08 AM

Something really makes me want to bring this back.
With this!
Rumor has it, Windows "evolving" into the Vista version. That's what my neighbor said someone told her.

***HOBBIT*** · 05-22-2006, 02:40 AM

way to bring up a 6 year old topic for no reason. :P

I have no idea what you mean by Windows "evolving" into Vista. It is a new windows operating system that will be released around December I believe. And what does this have to do with the original topic? Something that your neighbor heard from someone isn't very definitive.

The Gaffer · 05-22-2006, 03:27 AM

Maybe he means it's being "intelligently designed" into Vista.

But I doubt it.

durinsbane2244 · 05-22-2006, 02:06 PM

but...but...but...viruses are small and efficient!!!

E, LoR · 05-22-2006, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by durinsbane2244

but...but...but...viruses are small and efficient!!!

therefore windows is NOT a virus! definitely not small, and CERTAINLY not efficient.

Spock · 05-22-2006, 08:43 PM

I agree with HOBBIT, a six year dead thread, reopened for bantering and silly chit chat-

padlocked.

05-31-2000, 01:38 AM	#2
bmilder Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? Hehe. :lol:

05-31-2000, 09:25 AM	#3
emilsson Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? That was funny and true .

05-31-2000, 11:36 AM	#4
anduin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? Duh!

05-31-2000, 12:33 PM	#5
etherealunicorn Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? Hehehehehe:lol: I like that! You'll get no argument from me.

05-31-2000, 03:08 PM	#6
andustar Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? :lol:

05-31-2000, 04:50 PM	#7
Fat middle Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? no! not a bug, ´tis a plague! :lol:

05-31-2000, 09:46 PM	#8
thrawn96 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? :lol:

06-01-2000, 01:56 AM	#9
HarryPotterbookfan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

06-02-2000, 09:49 PM	#10
Darth Tater Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Windows a virus? :rollin: :lol: :rollin: It's funny cause it's true!

05-22-2006, 01:08 AM	#11
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Something really makes me want to bring this back. With this! Rumor has it, Windows "evolving" into the Vista version. That's what my neighbor said someone told her. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

05-22-2006, 02:40 AM	#12
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	way to bring up a 6 year old topic for no reason. :P I have no idea what you mean by Windows "evolving" into Vista. It is a new windows operating system that will be released around December I believe. And what does this have to do with the original topic? Something that your neighbor heard from someone isn't very definitive. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

05-22-2006, 03:27 AM	#13
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Maybe he means it's being "intelligently designed" into Vista. But I doubt it.

05-22-2006, 02:06 PM	#14
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	but...but...but...viruses are small and efficient!!! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

05-22-2006, 08:43 PM	#16
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I agree with HOBBIT, a six year dead thread, reopened for bantering and silly chit chat- padlocked.

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