The DNA of a computer virus is made up of the bits that cause it to spread. It is a computer virus specifically because those bits are passed on. Ergo, if they are not passed on, it is not a virus.
As an example, pick any one of the eleventy-billion Windows-specific viruses that spread by attaching themselves to mail sent by Outlook, or to objects retrieved from a website by IE. See them? See them spread themselves? Those are viruses.
The subject of the story, regardless of how badly certain people want us to believe otherwise, is not a virus.
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Re:Teapot-Kettle-Black
Posted by: Joe Barr on April 11, 2006 11:34 PMThe DNA of a computer virus is made up of the bits that cause it to spread. It is a computer virus specifically because those bits are passed on. Ergo, if they are not passed on, it is not a virus.
As an example, pick any one of the eleventy-billion Windows-specific viruses that spread by attaching themselves to mail sent by Outlook, or to objects retrieved from a website by IE. See them? See them spread themselves? Those are viruses.
The subject of the story, regardless of how badly certain people want us to believe otherwise, is not a virus.
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