We're supposed to protect our PCs from viruses, worms, spyware, and pop-up ads by using antivirus software, turning on our firewalls, avoiding clicking on unsolicited e-mail attachments, deleting spam and the like. What would happen if we did the exact opposite - if we said, in effect, bring it on?
Denver resident Steve Knopper wanted to know. So he got himself a new $500 Dell Dimension and embarked on an 18-day saga to poison the machine to death with malicious software. It's his idea of entertainment.
Knopper wrote about his experiment in Wired.
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