It's your responsibility to know what's in your car, your home or your computer. Telling the police that the porn files on your computer arn't
yours is akin to telling your teacher the dog ate your homework or telling you mom the drugs she found in your pants was your friends. If you can't
manage to keep somebody else illegal items out of your property, then you probably deserve to get busted for your stupidity and I"m certain that's
how the courts will see it.
Originally posted by zaiger
So if this happens to you or someone you know just call the cops and you will be fine.
That is about the most naive statement I've read in this thread.
Honey there's teen porn on the computer, better call 911 and let them sort it out.
If for any reason the police get a hold of your computer and find anything illegal - you are going to be charged and likely prosecuted.
Police will only look at your computer if you've been suspected or arrested for a crime and they would like additional evidence to make sure you get
found guilty. Thus if your growing illegal plants in your home and the police bust in then take your computer looking for collaborating evidence about
how to grow or sell your plants and then stumble upon some illegal pornography they will then change their focus because they can put this cockroach
away for a more serious crime or just add it to the charges.
The police don't give a damn how the files got on your computer or who put them there. Once they have the evidence, the investigation is over. The
idea that they are going to discover it was put there by a virus is completely inept.
[edit on 9-11-2009 by verylowfrequency]