what are intended viruses?

an intended virus (or sometimes just intended) is a piece of malware that would have been a virus were it not for bugs that prevent it from fulfilling the basic requirements of a virus... in other words, it's something that would have been a virus if it weren't broken...

an intended may have a payload that may still work (to a greater or lesser degree) so it may still qualify as some other form of malware, such as a trojan or rat or keylogger or any number of other malware types...

additionally, although the current version is only an intended virus, a future version will probably be a real virus because viruses tend to get refined over time...

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