I'll make you an offer you can't refuse.

So I'm just thinking out of the box here.  What if in this world of malware you could pay for protection? I'm not talking about purchasing Auntie Virus or malware scanners. I'm not talking cash but computer time... Botnets are essentially cloud resources created through the unknowing installation of malware.  Large companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are ramping up their cloud resources. What if a new business model came out that said I could give my allegiance (computer spare cycles) to an organization that would protect me.  Would this serve an incentive to provide a solution for safeguarding my PC?  How would this manifest itself?

We already know that botnets for different organizations have attacked each other.  What if this were some how commercialized?  Kind of like the business owner in the bad part of town paying protection money to the local hoods and then the Boss moves in.  Don't think it would not happen at a Geopolitical level either. We are pretty sure China has their resources.  Google is trying to challenge them.  Which is bigger?  Which will win?  Will this kick off the cyber arms race?  Each side ramping up more and more resources waiting for the day to press the button and corrupt the other side?