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A comment on Ask HN: Do antivirus companies create viruses to run their bussiness?.

Re:Ask HN: Do antivirus companies create viruses to run thei... by cedricd on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @07:24PM (#4940533)
No way. Imagine if they got caught. It'd kill their entire company. How is a little bit of marketing going to be worth that risk? It's almost like asking 'Why don't auto body shops remove stop signs in their area to get more business'?
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Re:Ask HN: Do antivirus companies create viruses to run thei... by cedricd on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @07:26PM (#4940542)
Actually better yet: Why don't doctors spread the flu intentionally?

Security companies are also probably staffed by people who genuinely want to stop malware. Protecting people is probably part of their motivation to go to work.

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