> RK>
  > Just keep in mind that for the most part, virus programmers represent
  > some of the very best programmers, in terms of skills.
 > RK>

 >   Paranoia.  Unjustified paranoia at that.  That's the myth that the
 >   virus writers would like you to believe.  It gives them self-worth.

You're right.

I used to work writing anti-virus software (Virex) and one aspect of my job
was to dissect new viruses as they came in.  I can tell you unequivocally
that virus writers are, in fact, the very poorest programmers.  Most
viruses don't even survive or propagate reliably under DOS (a much easier
target!)  -- the likelyhood of a successful
OS/2 virus is vanishingly small.  I would hope that by the time an
individual learned enough technically to write such a thing, this
individual would be sufficiently ethically evolved not to want to.

-> Ed <-

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