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Offline Clive

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Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
« on: August 04, 2011, 21:04 »
Why do hackers hack? Why create a worm that sends out an email to everyone in your contact list, or a Trojan that deletes your term papers? Is it mischief, malice, money, or something else entirely?

http://gizmodo.com/5827405/why-hackers-write-computer-viruses
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Re: Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 22:32 »
Reassuring to note that Mikko Hypponen, a legendary computer security heavyweight who has been hunting viruses for 25 years—since Brain.a, the first PC computer virus, is also the lead security researcher for F-Secure.  :)
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Re: Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 08:40 »
That is very reassuring for you and I Simon.   ;)
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Re: Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 10:49 »
Indeed.  :)
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