Herobrine: fake or living in the flesh?

Who is Herobrine? some say he is a god. some say he is a demon. some say he is a mistake. well, herobrine is a virus of sorts. herobrine, in my opinion, was a corrupted steve. I think he was intended to be the main avatar, he was corrupted by a virus collected in the minecraft program. so the question remains, is he real or not. The answer is yes, herobrine is real. I have proof. when you log into minecraft, you see in one of the updates, the quotes "- removed herobrine". this means he was an existing "mob" and some how wasn't fixed for a while. this also means they have to keep on fixing the game, or they would be screwed when playing. so that leaves another question, is minecraft a virus or is it just buggy?