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Do antivirus companies create computer viruses?

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Do antivirus companies create computer viruses?

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No. Antivirus companies know the risks involved when dealing with computer viruses and the potential dangers of viruses getting out in the wild. Antivirus companies do not hire people who’ve made viruses, and the whole concept of antivirus companies creating viruses is simply a myth, urban legend and conspiracy theory.But, creating viruses helps increase antivirus companies profits.There are plenty of viruses and other malware to justify the needs of antivirus programs. If antivirus companies really believed that distributing viruses would help increase profits or sales, they would create viruses and other malware for other platforms. Such as the Apple Macintosh and *nix where virus threats are not as high with Microsoft Windows users.Antivirus companies are able to maintain and increase their products by staying up-to-date at detecting, and cleaning all computer viruses and other threats. Where is your proof that antivirus companies don’t do this? • Creating computer viruses is not th

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