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> McAfee has just demonstrated a computer autoimmune disease. My goodness, what a fascinating idea. (And a search suggests the you are the first person in all
by ggchappell 17y ago
> McAfee has just demonstrated a computer autoimmune disease.
My goodness, what a fascinating idea. (And a search suggests the you are the first person in all of history to think of that.)
When will the biological parallels end? Will we someday get viral transmission of OS code snippets from one machine to another, leading to improved OSs? The mind boggles ....
- SapphireSun 17y agoSounds reasonable. Maybe a virus will carry a usable Windows API into *nix so windows viruses can do something? I know this wouldn't work at first glance, but there's probably something along those lines....
- fhars 17y agoPeople tried running windows viruses under wine, but the success rate was not that great. (I can't copy and paste URL on thic stupid cell phone, so ask google for "virus wine linux" for the details.)
- eru 17y agohttp://www.linux.com/archive/feed/42031 http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/42031