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Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by IAmGraydon on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:11PM (#35347912)
No. Malware is, by definition, software that performs actions which have a malicious intent. Hence, the name.
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Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by groestl on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:36PM (#35348255)
A software's author can have the best of intents, it would still be malware if it's perceived to be malicious by it's users (see: state trojans, opt-out telemetry)
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