The Magnificent ******* wrote in message ...
Antivirus software companies charge you money to "protect" your computer
from viruses and other bad things that could happen to it (trojan horse,
worm, etc.). If you don't pay for protection, there is a very good
chance that something bad will happen to your computer. Some people say
that some antivirus software companies are even responsible for some (or
most) of the new viruses that come out.........that way there is always
a need for their products.

Sounds kind of like the mafia. Either you pay them for protection or
you'll get hurt or something like that.

Is this just a coincidence?

It's an evolutionary thing: The antivirus software filters out all but
the more pernicious, tricksy code, *and* inspires the bored
programmers to come up with ever more inventive and furtive viruses.
Eventually antivirus apps won't be just "useful" but an every-minute
*necessity* for being on the Net- and that's when the price of
antivirus software will jack itself into orbit.

*****
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