[drieddust]

> The majority of active malware threats are actually trojan horse programs or computer worms rather than computer viruses.

What's your point here? Hidden malware secretly watching your phone is better than explicit virus? Ignorance is bliss I guess.

> defining characteristic of viruses is that they are self-replicating computer programs which modify other software without user consent.

and Malware doesn't replicate?

[saagarjha]

> Ignorance is bliss I guess.

Unless your goal is to get people to stop responding to you, don't do this.

> and Malware doesn't replicate?

It does when it's a virus. See the relationship between viruses and malware that I mentioned earlier.