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> applications designed for downloading copyrighted content disproportionately tend to contain malware.

That used to be true for web browsers but IE got a major update. Now with less drive-bys and exploits.



eli is referring to the binary downloaded from the website possibly containing malware. Not that the website might possible infect you through a drive-by-download.


Web browsers are designed to download copyrighted content, so I guess i'm missing his point.




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