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Originally Posted by psili
 Dude, you're a systems programmer and comparing knife attacks to a computer virus.  |
I'm comparing a virus and a knife especially for non-programmers like you just to show all the nonsense of your statement.
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Originally Posted by psili
Here's my thought; if it looks like a virus and acts like one I'll call it one. That's all. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Wrong. Spyware doesn't looks and doesn't acts like a virus. HOWEVER, the virus could combine the ability of spyware, as well as it can combine the ability of adware, the ability of file destructor (shredder), the ability of media player (when viruses play some music of show you some animation) etc