But then why have we not seen a multipandemic of computer viruses?
Mostly (I assert) because the existence of an epidemic of virus A doesn’t (on net) help virus B to spread.
Parasites which parasitize the same host tend to be in competition with each other (in fact as far as I am aware sophisticated malware today even contains antivirus code to clean out other infections); this is especially true if the parasites kill hosts.
I think a multipandemic is an interesting idea, though, and worthy of further investigation 👍
I think that there are a multipandemic of computer viruses, but most of them now are malware which is not destroying data, and they are in balance with antivirus systems. However in early 1990s loosing data because of virus was common, and any computer user has experienced computer virus infection at least once.
I think that there are a multipandemic of computer viruses, but most of them now are malware which is not destroying data, and they are in balance with antivirus systems.
Well.........… I don’t know about this. If it’s “in balance” and not actually destroying the hosts then it’s not really a pandemic in the sense that you were using above. (Where it kills 99.999% of hosts!)
But then why have we not seen a multipandemic of computer viruses?
Mostly (I assert) because the existence of an epidemic of virus A doesn’t (on net) help virus B to spread.
Parasites which parasitize the same host tend to be in competition with each other (in fact as far as I am aware sophisticated malware today even contains antivirus code to clean out other infections); this is especially true if the parasites kill hosts.
I think a multipandemic is an interesting idea, though, and worthy of further investigation 👍
I think that there are a multipandemic of computer viruses, but most of them now are malware which is not destroying data, and they are in balance with antivirus systems. However in early 1990s loosing data because of virus was common, and any computer user has experienced computer virus infection at least once.
“Nearly 1 million new malware threats released every day” http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/14/technology/security/cyber-attack-hacks-security/
Well.........… I don’t know about this. If it’s “in balance” and not actually destroying the hosts then it’s not really a pandemic in the sense that you were using above. (Where it kills 99.999% of hosts!)
There is a difference. We can reboot a computer, or reinstall an OS, but for a human it will be permanent damage or death.