I wrote this list to stand against the tyranny of Antivirus companies (just for fun).

10. Inefficient Tracking
Out of the thousands of computer viruses, few have been traced back to their original source, leading some to wonder where adware and malware were created in the first place.

9. Virus Hoaxes
Many of the “cyber threats” that exist don’t even cause much harm to the computer, as they are classified as hoaxes.

8. Improbability of only hackers’ involvement
To me, hackers creating viruses just to “one up” each other and piss many computer users off seems unlikely. Mathematical statistics would show that hackers make up a small minority of computer users.

7. Detection Avoidance
The jobs viruses perform, such as destroying antivirus tasks and increasing size without the computer actually knowing about it, seems a little farfetched.

6. Spamming Alternative
Instead of hacking and virus creation, rouge programmers could spend their time sending spam to everyone instead because it is much easier to create and alter.

5. Technical Terminology & Restoration
The average computer user probably doesn’t understand how computer code and programming languages work, so it makes it that much easier for software industries to take advantage of potentially unaware internet users.

4. Crime Rate
Very few crimes have been recorded over cyberspace, and even fewer computer hackers have been caught, arrested, and tried for conviction.

3. Benefits companies and hackers
Both groups could be working together to create and destroy viruses while receiving glory and making a hefty profit along the way.

2. Wave of Problems
When your computer encounters problem after problem after problem, something suspicious is probably in the air. It can be surprising that one single virus can carry so much firepower and destruction.

1. Money
Antivirus corporations earn millions in revenue annually selling their software with their latest “updates”. It may be considered naïve to presume that the companies have no influence when they have enormous amounts to gain from a computer virus. As the old saying goes, “Just follow the money trail”.

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