what motivates people to create viruses?

[GilbertsGrape]

what motivates people to create viruses?


This is a Discussion question in my class and i wanted to get your all's perspective on it.

Thanks
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[xsiled2]

jealousy.

[GilbertsGrape]

serious folks


name recoginition

hatered

others
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[coleslaw]

Serious answers here: http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65205

[TofuNinja]

sex, greed, power, ego, sex, fun, sex, and to prove others wrong or something...... or just sex

[Cantacuzene]

Has any virus creator gotten sex (besides anal jail rape) from creatign a virus?

[TofuNinja]

COmputer geeks are strange... creating viruses could be a turn on for them and their virtual Jenna Jameson

[TofuNinja]

Originally posted by Cantacuzene
Has any virus creator gotten sex (besides anal jail rape) from creatign a virus?

If they define sex their hands and their gigabytes of free internet porn....yes...

[Ladogaboy]

I would like to think that some of them have ulterior motives, but personally, I think most viruses are created by boredom.

[GilbertsGrape]

What about because the economy sucks and so many ppl are out of jobs espicaly in the IT industry that ppl are making viruses because they are board or want to get highered as IT security workers???

[mcs328]

Some morbid sense of accomplishment and "high" from hurting others. I equate the high with the people who toss rocks off a bridge and hurt or kill people.