I would like to know why people make pc viruses? what pleasure do they get out of it?

Question

Im a broke uni student who cant afford to get my computer fixed and now have to do all my assignments at a library that closes at 9pm. thankyou to all who make viruses... you have made an already tough time even worse. congrats

Answer 1

I don't know of any computer viruses that actually do damage to the computer, at least not in the last several years.  Mostly they just send out copies of themselves as emails, which can admittedly slow down networks.  There are plenty of free virus scan programs out there, so it's not altogether too clear to me why you are complaining about being broke -- or why you're complaining at all instead of doing your work.

Answer 2

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.p...

Answer 3

education,poor education,Or Malicious ideas.

Answer 4

actually, believe it or not, most viruses are made by unethical companies selling fake spyware and virus removal tools (see spyaxe, spysherrif, spyfalcon)  or by twits with no life, no girlfriend and nothing better to do all day than search altavista or other sites for virus creation software.  Most viruses are coded for windows though.  Simply because of.... bill gates.

Coders to exception to him putting his logo on open source software, branding it as windows, and making money on other peoples work.  Most of todays viruses are variants of those.

if you have a problem with your computer, you can let me know.  I will tell you what info I need and advise you further from my findings.  ( I do not need personal or credit card info, mostly details on abnormal computer behavior and the name of the infection)

you can get a very good, very FREE, open source (:oP)*to billy boy* antivirus at http://sourceforge.net/projects/moonav/

Answer 5

People who make viruses have personality deficits to where they get a rush by hurting others.

These twisted folks are intelligent, and they make the virus' because they can; then they inflict the virus' for the rush.

They get the same rush from their hate,

that you would get from an act of kindness or love.

Sorry you have to go elsewhere to work.

Here is the steps to hack proof your computer.

And also, you should have AVAST anti-virus.

1) Protect your computer from being hacked.

2) Temporarily Disconnect your computer from your ISP connections, so that neither you or anyone else can access the internet, when the computer is on.

3) Restart your computer.

Go to MyNetwork Places > click View Workgroup Computers > delete any that are not yours or your family

4) Go to Control Panel > Windows Firewall >

a). tab General > click option ON

b.) tab Exceptions > Unclick everything except your email, or other services you approve like your game site, or Scrabble, or those you KNOW are legitimate

c.) tab ADVANCED > Services >

UNcheck Remote Desktop > and any other you are not using.

5) Run the AVAST program do a thorough scan.

6) Allow AVAST to continue to run at all times.

7) Go to Control Panel User Accounts

Disable all accounts that you do not use.

Set a password for the computer log-on (Administrator) and for all other user accounts give passwords.

8) Set a password for access to your desktop:

Right click a blank space on your desktop > selelct PROPERTIES >

tab ScreenSaver > IMPORTANT: You must select a screensaver

then check the box " On Resume Password Protect"

and set the number of minutes you want for the screen to pop-up requiring log on.

I have mine set to only 3 mintues.

9) Reconnect your computer to the internet access.

Restart your computer

10) get this tool:

Avast free Home Edition

Get it here:

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

And please do a "thorough" scan as soon as you get it downloaded. The user interface is simple. Click the left side, and in the top menu that comes up, select thorough scan.

When it finds a culprit DELETE, (do not quaranteen).

Then allow it to run all of the time, and you will be completely protected. It will "automatically" update itself, also for free.

You only need to renew your registration once a year, also free.

I've tried them all, and have had wonderful results with this one for the last 5 years.

^j^

Answer 6

Well, contrary to the popular understanding, it isn't little kids making viruses just fer fun. Those days have been put to an end by effective virus software.

Now, viruses come mostly from out of the US, Russia and India to be more precise. They are written usually to steal, or to propagate themselves and the purpose they have (advertise p**n, for example).

Most are out to steal your personal info

In any event, do you know what the virus is? You might be able to get some help around here...