Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 29th November 2003

Dilbert//5341, first published 23 years ago on Saturday 29th November 2003

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antivirus software secretly create viruses detected by software spooky underhanded sneaky criminal

Official transcript

Our company is going to make antivirus software. What's that tell you?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR COMPANY IS GOING TO MAKE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. WHAT'S THAT TELL YOU?

IT TELLS ME WELL SECRETLY CREATE VIRUSES THAT CAN BE DETECTED ONLY BY OUR SOFTWARE.

AM I CLOSE?

YOU'RE SPOOKY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Spooky Software"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in, features Dilbert, a bespectacled office worker, in a humorous exchange with his boss. The boss announces that their company will create antivirus software, to which Dilbert responds with skepticism, asking what it tells him. The boss reveals that the software secretly creates viruses that can only be detected by their own software. Dilbert is shocked and asks if he is close, to which the boss replies, "You're spooky." The comic strip pokes fun at the common practice of companies developing antivirus software that can only detect viruses created by their own products, highlighting the absurdity of this approach.

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