I was just wondering what you good people thought the main motivations are behind virus writing and what you think of the people who write/distribute them.
I was just wondering what you good people thought the main motivations are behind virus writing and what you think of the people who write/distribute them.
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself.
I think its mostly just malicious people without the notion to do anything worthwhile with their skills. I think it was NV that said in an earlier thread that in the old days viruses attached themselves to .exe files and were spread that way. I imagine this process requires a good level of understanding and skill. These days script kiddies write these viruses in MS-Word using VBA, often with no real skill involved.
The people themselves must gain some sort of satisfaction from causing misery or inconvenience to others - what that says for the personality of these people is anyones guess.