security on windows XP is so awful, could Windows XP be classified as a virus?

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From: testingtesting24@xxxxxxx
Date: 30 Aug 2006 18:16:19 -0700

I mean, I remember someone describing a virus, it replicates til it
consumes all your RAM, kind of like all the software now does, clogs
your RAM, I'm saying this because I just went out and bought 512mb of
ram and these programs are still using all of it.

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