yes i am so what? developers of viruses and trojans deserve to be flamed but Elbox does amiga hardware so lets all turn a blind eye and even help them write more trojans as that sort of stuff seems to be very well respected by the amiga community.
So, there's a virus in the driver... Well, no, not really... See, it doesn't copy itself... it doesn't infect other machines... it doesn't actually ever execute, unless you deliberatly poke it with a stick... So, NO, I wouldn't say it's a virus...
But it's a trojan, then... Well, no.... it doesn't take control of a machine from remote authorization... It isn't set to randomly detonate.... once again, that section of code should only execute if branched there deliberatly.
SO... IT WASN'T A VIRUS, and it'd be hard to argue that it even was a trojan!!! Now, it *WAS* a section of malicious code that was being used as a deterrant. It *WAS* a stupid move on their part. No one is arguing that. But please... Cut out the false accusations. Let what Elbox did stand on it's own merit. It may or may not be bad enough that people will choose to buy alternative products. It's their own choice. But let's try to keep ourselves grounded in reality.
...Or I call dibs on starting the rumors of Mariusz and his affair with a llama.... Whichever.
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