Yes there is such a thing as an anti-virus virus! Who knew that the hacking community had it in them, bless their hearts. I can't imagine a bigger "cyber-irony" than a hacker making an anti-virus virus. Its a virus designed by hackers that... wait for it... removes its own kind from your computer system!
Apparently this virus is labeled as the Sahay virus, it arrives as an attachment that attaches itself to all the .exe files of Windows and C:\Program Files and launches a seek and destroy mission against the W32.Yaha worm family. Talk about fighting fire with fire. The virus basically functions like your average flu vaccine, introducing a certain strand of virus in the system to eliminate serious infection.
Kudos to the good Samaritan hacker that pulled this off! but sadly like everything else in this deranged cyberworld it comes with its downsides. Like those pop-ups that promise us all sorts of whacked out benefits (e.g. free software, amazing downloads, games,..etc) but in the end it reveals its true intentions of making a quick buck at the expense of our extreme boredom. The anti-virus virus is not recommended by computer engineers because of its somewhat independent nature. The absence of control is too huge of a risk to take, no person with the right frame of mind would dare put all his/her trust in a computer virus.
It just goes to show you how technology has further advanced the cyberworld making it every bit as complex as the world we live in today or maybe its even more complicated than we think.
what about the anti anti-virus virus?
ReplyDeleteThe one that doesn't allow you to install an anti-virus on your PC.
That's a completely different virus i have yet to blog about. I just found the irony of this virus more interesting
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