Current setup: I click on bad link, malware installed on my computer that infects my disk firmware. I remove the malware from my computer. My disk remains compromised.
Suggested setup: I click on bad link, malware installed on my computer that infects my disk firmware. I remove the malware from my computer. My disk is no longer compromised.
Also, I plug a USB stick into my computer. It gets compromised. I unplug it. It gets uncompromised. No more USB spread malware.
Your suggested setup would allow a worm to repeatedly reinfect everything. Some forms of malware, such as one used in an attack against Kaspersky Lab, have been designed to do so instead of persisting directly onto the targeted devices.
Suggested setup: I click on bad link, malware installed on my computer that infects my disk firmware. I remove the malware from my computer. My disk is no longer compromised.
Also, I plug a USB stick into my computer. It gets compromised. I unplug it. It gets uncompromised. No more USB spread malware.