Well antivirus is also software that has to: - be in a priviledged position on the system - open up all kind of files for analysis without the user's interact

Well antivirus is also software that has to: - be in a priviledged position on the system - open up all kind of files for analysis without the user's interaction Now if you want a way to create a juicy target for malware authors and increase the attack surface of your system, this is one way to do it.