It doesn't "eat stuff" but it can download unwanted* adware and spyware etc. And the infected computers can be used for big denial-of-service attacks, where they can "command" every infected computer to connect to a website and overload it's servers.
*I guess this is kind of a given - who WANTS adware and spyware?
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