The old debate on whether it would be ethical to use viruses to detect and even clean other viruses has largely been won by the law of unintended consequences: it's simply too dangerous. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen accidentally...


https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/virus-on-virus-set-a-thief-to-catch-a-thief/
The old debate on whether it would be ethical to use viruses to detect and even clean other viruses has largely been won by the law of unintended consequences: it's simply too dangerous. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen accidentally...
Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:10:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/virus-on-virus-set-a-thief-to-catch-a-thief/

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