Yes, sadly in a sense the judge is correct -- connecting to the Internet can result in virus infections. About two weeks ago, I detected that my computer had g

Yes, sadly in a sense the judge is correct -- connecting to the Internet can result in virus infections. About two weeks ago, I detected that my computer had gotten a bad virus. Maybe I got rid of it. But last night my computer ran for 9:23 minutes checking for more virus infections -- none were found. To me, a first criterion of computer security of an operating system is that it be able to run any software at all, including software that tries to be malicious, and connect to any communications at all, all quite safely. Does meeting this criterion really have to be too difficult? With this criterion met, the judge will be wrong. While I have no sympathy for the defendants in this case, computing is important and so is secure computing.