Tominator Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 [ QUOTE ] As for why people write the virus programs, some nerds are just bored and occupy thier time creating virus' and then sit back and get some sort of self satisfaction in seeing the havoc they wreak. These people don't have the social skills to get attention in a positive way so they feel like they have to get it from somewhere else. They also have the mindset that society is being unfair to them so they try to take their anger from social ineptitude out on as many people as possible via a computer virus. Plus there is little way for the virus to be traced back to them if they format the program correctly so it's a "free" way for them to annoy as many people as possible. IMO they are the scum of the computer world and should be punnished greatly for what they do. [/ QUOTE ] Can't say it much better than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? Because they are stupid, that why!!! All yeah, and what the others said too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_70 Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? I say smash their fingers with a ball peen hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? [ QUOTE ] I say smash their fingers with a ball peen hammer [/ QUOTE ] Noooooooooo! Then they will just type with their mouths! Haven't you ever seen them do that? Then you might have to smash their teeth in too! LMBO!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? Very timely - I just sent this out to all of my computer users. I usually send them something related to computer security about once a week. [ QUOTE ] Viruses, Worms and Trojans With all of the emphasis placed on securing home and business systems from attack by malicious software, I thought it would be worthwhile to provide everyone with a definition and an example of a virus, a worm and a Trojan. Keep in mind that all three types of “malware” can be programmed to do various things to your computer. Anything from automatically displaying a message on your screen, to gathering data about every website you visit, to causing enormous numbers of pop-ups, to allowing a hacker to remotely control your system, or even to actually deleting data from your hard drive. But in all cases, the end result is that your computer will be doing something beyond your control and quite possibly without your knowledge. A virus is a program that infects a computer by attaching itself to another program or file, and propagating itself when that program or file is opened. A computer can become infected by files downloaded over a network or from the Internet, or by the installation of new software, or by opening an email attachment. The main characteristic of a virus, is that it usually infects otherwise “normal” files on a computer. For example, the CEEFOUR virus infects Word documents and will spread to all Word documents that a user opens on an infected system. A worm is a computer program that can make copies of itself, and then spread through connected systems without any user intervention. For example, the SASSER worm exploits a flaw in a Microsoft Windows application to propagate. It will scan all systems that it can find, including systems that are attached to a live Internet connection, and when it finds a system that has not had the flaw patched; it will copy itself onto the new system. A Trojan is a program that appears to be useful and harmless but contains a hidden payload. Many of the free toolbars, search engines, screen savers, greeting cards and other supposedly helpful programs that you can download for free from the Internet contain Trojans. Usually, a system becomes infected with a Trojan through the intentional installation of a program, although some web sites may install one without user intervention. In the past four months, our anti-virus software has detected and stopped over 1400 different instances of viruses, worms and Trojans. [/ QUOTE ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? [ QUOTE ] I say smash their fingers with a ball peen hammer [/ QUOTE ] LMBO!! that'll fixum! i agree with you Rich, someone has to be pretty dang bored to sit around and make viruses and send them around to everyone. i guess they just get a kick out of making other people's lives miserable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? Most of the viruses can come from overseas. As stated it seems like it comes from college students who are too smart for their britches I think they are making a statement or something. There must be millions of $$ lost every month just due to viruses. It also cost millions for companies to try to protect against them. I love hearing when they catch someone and nail them to the wall too_pointer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? they make me mad! I just got rid of one! They suck! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? they are dumb and have no life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? I get annoyed from emails for prescription drugs and stuff. I get 4 or 5 a day all from different senders with spelling errors in the name a subject line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? [ QUOTE ] they make me mad! I just got rid of one! They suck! LOL [/ QUOTE ] LOL,,,,,Seem's you are a easy target.....Did you ever get that white screen deal fixed yet ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? some folks just like to hurt others. cost me a computer a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? [ QUOTE ] As for why people write the virus programs, some nerds are just bored and occupy thier time creating virus' and then sit back and get some sort of self satisfaction in seeing the havoc they wreak. These people don't have the social skills to get attention in a positive way so they feel like they have to get it from somewhere else. They also have the mindset that society is being unfair to them so they try to take their anger from social ineptitude out on as many people as possible via a computer virus. Plus there is little way for the virus to be traced back to them if they format the program correctly so it's a "free" way for them to annoy as many people as possible. IMO they are the scum of the computer world and should be punnished greatly for what they do. [/ QUOTE ] Yup thats one reason. Here is another...even worse one... One guy I knew in college (real jerk) was a computer science major. Whenever he wanted a little cash he wrote a fancy virus, released it anonomously onto the net and then called up the antivirus companies a few days later and told them he "cracked the hacker's code" and could sell them the anti code to make removing the virus easier. They usualy shelled out between 1 and 3 grand PER VIRUS. Depending on how hard the virus was to remove without the anti code. He never got in trouble because no one could prove he released the virus in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? [ QUOTE ] some folks just like to hurt others. cost me a computer a month ago. [/ QUOTE ] Yep, no doubt there is some sick minded idiots out there with nothing better to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Re: PC Virus, why?? [ QUOTE ] I say smash their fingers with a ball peen hammer [/ QUOTE ] Being on the end that has to fix computers after they have been infected, I'm voting for this or maybe even something harsher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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