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Because you didn't have an internet connection there was little they could to that would benefit them, not so much anymore. (FWIW, in the 90's there were a few
by nullc 3y ago
Because you didn't have an internet connection there was little they could to that would benefit them, not so much anymore.
(FWIW, in the 90's there were a few instances where commercially produced software managed to go out carrying viruses. :( )
- Kye 3y agoViruses propagated just fine through BBSes and stuff like AOL and CompuServe. Also: sharing disks.
- nullc 3y agoSure but companies didn't have a reason to intentionally send them to you-- nothing to gain when they can't steal your data, only erase it.
- ranting-moth 3y agoI vaguely remember a game that deleted data from your hardrive if you triggered the copy protection. The developer got quite a flak!