[HelloNurse]

Even a protection racket reduces crime. The trick is that it is someone else's crime.

[_8j50]

For it to be a racket the av vendors need to collaborate with malwaee authors

[HelloNurse]

Actually, I meant a "honest" protection racket that protects against actual rival gangs. The point is that replacing something bad (malware) with something bad (AV software) isn't always a gain.