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by 16s 5734 days ago
Is Javascript even helpful to most malwares?

Yes, very much so. Adobe PDF reader's JavaScript ability is the reason it's dangerous to open PDF files anymore. They issue a new patch once a month it seems and are working on a sandbox as the problem cannot be contained. Without JavaScript embedded in the PDF files, this would be a much more manageable issue.