# Malware purveyors need a bullet to the fucking head. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 9, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677 "2010-08-09T05:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/1 "2010-08-09T05:18:22Z")
Now, I’m opposed to the death penalty, as I don’t think the state should be killing people in cold blood — it’s just wrong and impractical for a whole host of reasons. That said, if some enterprising vigilante decided to aerosolize the brains of people who create and distribute malware, I wouldn’t exactly be bothered, you know? Sorry, short rant, but I’m typing this on my iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/2 "2010-08-09T08:15:16Z")
Someday, some kind of hack will destroy some critical information at a critical time and get a bunch of people killed. Or some extremely rich bastard will lose billions of dollars and call his Senator. Or maybe a cute little white girl will get killed by a black malware programmer. Otherwise no one will seriously go after these programmers. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/3 "2010-08-09T09:05:07Z")
Thankfully, a simple system restore seems to have solved the problem. There’s apparently a more involved fix for this particular bug that doesn’t involve a restore, but I just didn’t feel up to going through a dozen steps tonight. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/4 "2010-08-09T13:21:09Z")
Can we also take out those guys in Nigeria and the off-brand Viagra people? ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/5 "2010-08-09T13:37:00Z")
Don’t worry. Once I take over the world, they’re history… or geography. Now, does anyone know where I could hire an all conquering army on the cheap? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/6 "2010-08-09T14:28:50Z")
That’s it! We don’t have to kill or beat the malware creators or the spammers! We can just perform a system restore on them. Return their brains to their original factory defaults! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/7 "2010-08-09T14:59:11Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Now, I’m opposed to the death penalty, as I don’t think the state should be killing people in cold blood — it’s just wrong and impractical for a whole host of reasons. That said, if some enterprising vigilante decided to aerosolize the brains of people who create and distribute malware, I wouldn’t exactly be bothered, you know? Me too, and me too. I’ve been struggling with some fucking buy _this antivirus now!!!_ infection and I’d have no problem kicking the person who built it in the head over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/8 "2010-08-09T15:37:19Z")
Too easy. Yawn. I liked it better when we had a Pit cop. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/9 "2010-08-09T16:21:22Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > > [@VarlosZ](#): > > > > Now, I’m opposed to the death penalty, as I don’t think the state should be killing people in cold blood — it’s just wrong and impractical for a whole host of reasons. That said, if some enterprising vigilante decided to aerosolize the brains of people who create and distribute malware, I wouldn’t exactly be bothered, you know? > > Me too, and me too. > I’ve been struggling with some fucking buy _this antivirus now!!!_ infection and I’d have no problem kicking the person who built it in the head over and over again. Have you tried MalwareBytes? That worked on my wife’s computer, but the antivirus (Avira - free) prevented it from establishing deep roots in the system. I assume you’re dealing with Desktop Security 2010, or something in its family. And a bullet to the head would be too quick for those people. May I suggest a viral infection? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/10 "2010-08-09T16:30:25Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > Don’t worry. Once I take over the world, they’re history… or geography. Now, does anyone know where I could hire an all conquering army on the cheap? Maybe you can find something at [VillainSource.](http://www.villainsource.com/votm.html) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/11 "2010-08-09T16:59:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Can we also take out those guys in Nigeria and the off-brand Viagra people? The Viagra people will be hard to put down. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/12 "2010-08-09T16:59:36Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Me too, and me too. > I’ve been struggling with some fucking buy _this antivirus now!!!_ infection and I’d have no problem kicking the person who built it in the head over and over again. It hides in your System Restore. Turn it off (right click on my computer, properties, system restore, turn it off) and then run Malware Bytes and Spybot Search and Destroy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/13 "2010-08-09T17:31:16Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > > > Can we also take out those guys in Nigeria and the off-brand Viagra people? > > The Viagra people will be hard to put down. Why does this topic keep coming up? ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/14 "2010-08-09T18:16:19Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > Don’t worry. Once I take over the world, they’re history… or geography. Now, does anyone know where I could hire an all conquering army on the cheap? Dear SIr, i am contacting you because you hav expressed an desire to conquer the world. L0OK NØ FURTHÆR! _garbled screams in the background_ ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/15 "2010-08-09T18:16:48Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Why does this topic keep coming up? I don’t know. But if it doesn’t die down in 3 or 4 hours, I’m calling my doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/16 "2010-08-09T19:15:55Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > > [@Ludovic](#): > > > > Why does this topic keep coming up? > > I don’t know. But if it doesn’t die down in 3 or 4 hours, I’m calling my doctor. I don’t envy you…that’s a hard call to make. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/17 "2010-08-09T20:05:14Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > > [@PunditLisa](#): > > > > I don’t know. But if it doesn’t die down in 3 or 4 hours, I’m calling my doctor. > > I don’t envy you…that’s a hard call to make. If only there were some way to stiffen your resolve . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/18 "2010-08-09T20:06:48Z")
It’s about time the jokes went in a new direction. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/19 "2010-08-09T20:43:43Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > It’s about time the jokes went in a new direction. You’re no pun any more. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677/20 "2010-08-09T21:18:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > > > Can we also take out those guys in Nigeria and the off-brand Viagra people? > > The Viagra people will be hard to put down. Its OK…they can keep their permanent erections as long as they are dead. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677.md?page=2)