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Technical Help & Discussion => General Tech Discussion, News & Q&A => Topic started by: Clive on August 04, 2011, 21:04

Title: Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
Post by: Clive on August 04, 2011, 21:04

Why do hackers hack? Why create a worm that sends out an email to everyone in your contact list, or a Trojan that deletes your term papers? Is it mischief, malice, money, or something else entirely?

http://gizmodo.com/5827405/why-hackers-write-computer-viruses

Title: Re: Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
Post by: Simon on August 04, 2011, 22:32

Reassuring to note that Mikko Hypponen, a legendary computer security heavyweight who has been hunting viruses for 25 years—since Brain.a, the first PC computer virus, is also the lead security researcher for F-Secure.  :)

Title: Re: Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
Post by: Clive on August 05, 2011, 08:40

That is very reassuring for you and I Simon.   ;)

Title: Re: Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
Post by: Simon on August 05, 2011, 10:49

Indeed.  :)