*Ø* Blogmanac | Virus-Writing Course Stirs Controversy
Two prominent groups of anti-virus professionals on Monday condemned the recent decision by the University of Calgary to offer a course that includes instruction on coding viruses. The groups said that teaching such skills "is completely unnecessary" and undermines the work being done to counteract viruses.

"It is simply not necessary to write new viruses to understand how they work and how they can be prevented. There are also enough viruses on the Internet already that can be dissected and analyzed without creating new threats," said a joint statement released by the Anti-Virus Information Exchange Network and the Anti-Virus Information and Early Warning System.

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Seems crazy to me...