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Question by Dave
Submitted on 10/11/2003
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One question I haven't seen addressed is "why do people make viruses?".  Is it merely "fun", or is it part of some anti-globalization conspiracy?  Maybe I'm naive, but I don't understand why somebody would want to damage the computer of someone they don't even know?


Answer by bongo
Submitted on 11/10/2003
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Well the most bizarre reason I have seen for people writing viruses is this. "Windows is vulnerable so I'm going to show that it is vulnerable by ruining people's computers."
This is rather like saying: "little old ladies are vulnerable and to prove it I'll bang them over the head with a baseball bat until the police get their act together." No, the security argument does not work - in logic.

 

Answer by SAB
Submitted on 1/30/2004
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because they are nerds with very small penises with no chance of ever having a girlfriend.  they're angry at the world because they hate their pathetic lives.

 

Answer by PokemonEXE
Submitted on 3/6/2004
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They just dont like anybody, their stuck in their computer room. They do that because of financial problems, family problems, or not a good overall life. They want other people to feel that way with their computers. They just have no life.

 

Answer by qpid-gmns
Submitted on 4/29/2004
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hi,,look,imagine this,u r a great programmer,but u still didn't accomplish anything, create this virus,and u know how to "kill it", it's all over and "U" offer a solution for this problem,,r u full of money and fame now??

 

Answer by john_burton
Submitted on 5/2/2004
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There all a bunch of Nazi conformist cheerleaders

 

Answer by rhetoric
Submitted on 5/2/2004
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bunch of freaking losers

 

Answer by bob
Submitted on 5/5/2004
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The justify their pitiful existance by creating a force which is less destructive yet somehow more irritating than my penis... I have siphilis

 

Answer by nunna ya bisiness
Submitted on 5/17/2004
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people who create viruses are gay

 

Answer by corby
Submitted on 6/2/2004
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they couldnt drive a decent f##k,so they have to f##k decent drive.

 

Answer by BOB
Submitted on 6/2/2004
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All they want is to ruin are lives, why dont they just leave us alone?

 

Answer by giggs
Submitted on 2/14/2005
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because they can

 

Answer by shrub
Submitted on 5/4/2005
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The nerdy priks have nothing better to do with their time, after all most of them are GAY

 

Answer by wes
Submitted on 11/9/2005
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Considering that these people probably use the internet a lot...If there were a good reason for it it would probably be well known by now.

 

Answer by Reneh
Submitted on 12/3/2005
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it'd be easy to blacklist them as losers but in reality it's a constant push for improvement, not only to force programmers to be immaculate in their programming, but to push regular people to be more active and intelligent in how they maintain their computers.  

frankly any joe sixpack should be able to burn a CD or 2 to backup whatever they have, then format/reinstall their OS. but instead they're willing to pay 100-300 dollars for something i can do in an hour or two.

in the end it's about the evolution of computers, and without this barrage of attacks from the virus makers, we'd be setting ourselves up for a truly horrible attack when no one would expect it

would you rather be paranoid and right, or ignorant and risk losing it all?

 

Answer by virus sex
Submitted on 5/11/2007
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dse people like to fuk but cnt fuk so ethey  fuk the compz!

 

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