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Comment by lupire

1 month ago

What makes a program malware?

Does intent matter, or only behavior?

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Nasrudith  1 month ago

I believe the precedent is the behavior. Lose/lose is an 'art game' which deletes itself if you lose but gameplay destruction deletes random files. It is flagged as malware despite just doing exactly what it advertised.

schuppentier  1 month ago

"The purpose of a system is what it does" would suggest malware.

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