14) Why do people write/spread viruses?
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This article is from the Computer viruses FAQ, by David Harley D.Harley@icrf.icnet.uk, George Wenzel gwenzel@telusplanet.net and Bruce Burrell bpb@umich.edu with numerous contributions by others.
14) Why do people write/spread viruses?
- From postings which have appeared in alt.comp.virus in the past:
* they don't understand or prefer not to think about the consequences
for other people
* they simply don't care
* they don't consider it to be their problem if someone else is
inconvenienced
* they draw a false distinction between creating/publishing viruses
and distributing them
* they consider it to be the responsibility of someone else to protect
systems from their creations
* they get a buzz, acknowledged or otherwise, from vandalism
* they consider they're fighting authority
* they like 'matching wits' with antivirus vendors
* it's a way of getting attention, getting recognition from their peers
and their names (or at least that of their virus) in the papers and
the Wild List
* they're keeping the antivirus vendors in a job
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