Is Windows 95 a Virus?

Conclusion: No, Win95 is not a virus.

Research summary:

Here's what viruses do:
1) Viruses replicate quickly - okay, Win95 does that.
2) Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so - okay, Win95 does that.
3) Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay, Win95 does that too.
4) Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Win95 does that, too.
5) Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Win95, too.

Until this point it seemed Win95 is a virus, but we discovered fundamental shortcomings: Viruses generally are well-supported by their authors, run on most systems of their chosen type, use program code that is fast, elegant, compact and efficient, and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature. These are categorical, but consistent, characteristics of viruses, which are inconsistent with Windows95. We must therefore disqualify it.

Win95 is not a virus --- It's a bug.

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