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> Honestly, all malware "isn't really that bad" by the metrics you're using. Maybe it sends spam. Maybe it hogs your CPU. A few will crash your machine or break it in some obvious way. This one happened to steal your personal data (and attempt to steal that of your contacts').

I was thinking more of "this will not steal my credit card" (unless you keep that info in your address book) type of malware. But, yes. I get your point.



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