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Malware intends to harm you, with intent to steal or destroy or hold hostage your information, data, and computing resources. Does the ZoomOpener app have mali
by floatingatoll 7y ago
Malware intends to harm you, with intent to steal or destroy or hold hostage your information, data, and computing resources.
Does the ZoomOpener app have malicious intentions towards you, your computing resources, or your data? Not just “could it be unintentionally exploited” - note the unintentionality! - but specifically “this was intended to harm”.
If not, then you need to reconsider your use of the word “malware” - a word shortened from “malicious software” - and find a better way to describe software design patterns that aren’t compatible with “drag it to the trash” but also aren’t intended to harm.
Adobe Creative Cloud, any $$$$ audio software DRM, and HP printer drivers all use similar patterns of “can’t just drag it to the trash”, and are all similarly annoying to remove - but they are not malware, any more than this ZoomOpener is.