Sell ​​at auction the laptop containing the most dangerous computer viruses at $ 1.3 million

Having a "malware" or a computer virus on your laptop is something that everyone wants to avoid. Now imagine buying a laptop containing the six most dangerous viruses in the world.

That's exactly what happened with a play called "The persistence of chaos", which was auctioned in New York for nothing less than $ 1.3 million.

This is a Samsung NC10 notebook from 2018 with 14 GB and 10.2 inches under Windows XP SP3, according to the computer security company Deep instinct, in charge of the auction.

At this laptop, created by the contemporary Internet artist Guo O Dong, was left without access to the Internet "to prevent the spread of malware", since It has six types of dangerous viruses installed and active: ILOVEYOU, MyDoom, SoBig, WannaCry, DarkTequila and BlackEnergy.

These viruses spread through email networks and file sharing and together account for about $ 95 billion of damage caused by the infection of millions of systems worldwide.

That's why the equipment is sealed and has no connection with any network nor to connect to the Internet, nor to enter USB keys (USB) so that viruses can not escape.

In addition, the buyer promised to leave the device unplugged so as not to transmit viruses, according to the auction site.

According to the organizers, This piece allows the study of malicious softwareas well as having access to these viruses during operation, to badyze their functioning and, possibly, to allow users to block specific software in their environment.