Why do ppl create viruses? -

Do they have nothing better to do. I just dont get it. Do they earn money off of it or just satisfaction that their in control? Is it just a single person creating it or a whole company?|::::|There is more spy ware than there are of viruses. Most viruses are Trojans. There main objective is to try to read what s on your hard drive before crashing it. There looking for bank statements, Credit card #s Social Security # s Anything that might get them money. That s why i keep all my stuff on a separate hard drive that is connected only through my USB port. That way when i get done it s disconnected from my machine and not left on my hard drive in my computer. Also i have the best Security money can buy.|::::|They are created by a secret team of programmers working for Apple! Haha... On a serious note, there are rumors that anti-virus companies create viruses for money-making purposes, however it s hard to know if this holds truth. The main reason that there are viruses out there is because people can put them out. Some people just don t care if they ruin someone s system for absolutely no reason. Some viruses target personal information, password, and other things as well.|::::|Some have nothing better to do and some can make money... The viruses themselves don t cause people to make money but, the information that collected with them such as credit card numbers can... Sometimes it s one person and other times it s large groups of people.. There s nothing set in stone as to who can and can t a virus creator... Anybody who knows code can create a virus... That s all a virus is is malicious code that your computer reads as you wanting it to do something destructive... Hope This Helps!|::::|It is mostly criminal gangs, often in eastern Europe that create malware and viruses...and they do it for money. They can make a VERY good living from coding malware. Eugene Kaspersky, founder of anti-virus maker Kaspersky Labs said it best, quot; It s a different world today. 10 years ago, we were fighting against smart kids who hacked as a hobby. Now, we re dealing with criminal gangs that control your computer to make money. Different world, different protections.quot; http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,207... quot;Malware creation hotspots growing in the former Soviet countries (such as Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia). Other major areas of criminal activity are Brazil and China, which have large numbers of individuals with sophisticated computing skills but without the job opportunities to make a living for themselves in the IT sector. Online crime often presents a more lucrative path to raising living standards for people like these.quot; From: http://www.f-secure.com/f-secure/pressro... In all too many parts of the world, the laws regarding internet crime are weak and/or the authorities are corrupt and easily bribed.|::::|Some people are hired by a company to test their security and the people that don t get paid just get a kick out of hassling other people.|::::|Test security.