If there are two things computers should be protected from - especially if they continually connect to the internet - they are malicious programs such as viruses and their malicious human counterparts - hackers.
Computer viruses are malicious programs that integrate themselves into another program, replicate themselves and cause harms to system programs and resources by altering and/or destroying these programs. These viruses are mainly transmitted and spread by removable media devices and programs downloaded from the internet.
Hackers are unauthorized set of programmers that can break into a system, network and even applications in order to steal, alter or destroy them. The launch malicious programs via the internet into the system or network of systems.
Aaron's action is considered legal, as you are allowed to make a backup copy of a legal copy of a software, but it can only be used in case the original software is destroyed or unusable.
