B.J. Norris Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 What drives people into writing a virus with the sole intent of harming other peoples computers?!?!?!? I got a Instant Message from a guy who I know and trust this afternoon with a link, of course I clicked on it. When I responded he asked "What?". Of course now I have a Trojan Horse that I'm not sure if I'm rid of or not. Norton (updated today) told me that access to the file was denied, so I went and deleted it myself, but I have a strong feeling it wasn't enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Ever wonder if the people who write some of that crap are on the payroll of companies like Norton? Maybe it's the conspiracy nut in me coming out . Otherwise they all deserve their own special place in hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDean Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Exactly what I've been thinking Trig. There's definate job security programming new viruses from a secure location. When we ask the question "who benefits from creating a virus", there seem to be only 2 answers: 1) Sense of accomplishment for a hacker. 2) Anti-virus companies selling product. One of the above have more a stake than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 TDean, one of the two people you mentioned can also make A LOT of $, while the other one just is a looser with nothing better to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 What drives people into writing a virus with the sole intent of harming other peoples computers?!?!?!? Mostly money. It made Bill Gates a billionaire. Others are just other losers looking for attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 I've got a better question. What kind of mindless dipshits sell an operating system where ANYBODY and I mean ANYBODY can re-write ANY piece of the OS and replace the original OS at their whim and fancy? Sweet Jesus, I'm Idiot King of programming and *I* can replace the entire Windows front end!!!! As long is there is Windows, there will never be security. It will never never never never never never happen. Ever. That is the crux of the problem my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Housecall.antivirus.com has a free virus scan that catches some stuff norton misses... SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.J. Norris Posted February 11, 2004 Author Share Posted February 11, 2004 Mr. Anderson has saved me from the computers (go figure)!!!! Thanks Steve, that was just what was needed. I think I'll run it on the laptop as well to see if it has anything nasty on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 spook, if that's an insult against early Microsoft operating systems, I'm lovin' it! If viruses, worms, and trojan horses make you unproductive, get a Mac. Think of all the time and money spent inoculating against viruses and curing infected systems. Suddenly Macs don't seem so expensive. I imagine virus authors are psychopaths who are "enabled" by the anonymity. Were it not for computers, they'd be harming small animals or flashing young girls or something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 I think they are flashing animals and harming themselves because they are little girls. They are one of the greatest forms of a losers and cowards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratochief Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 What drives people into writing a virus with the sole intent of harming other peoples computers?!?!?!? What drove people to hijack and fly airplanes into skycrapers? Because they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 've got a better question. What kind of mindless dipshits sell an operating system where ANYBODY and I mean ANYBODY can re-write ANY piece of the OS and replace the original OS at their whim and fancy? Sweet Jesus, I'm Idiot King of programming and *I* can replace the entire Windows front end!!!!As long is there is Windows, there will never be security. It will never never never never never never happen. Ever. Truth! I like that the Mac system doesn't have the same problem. I will be the first to admit that it is not because it's better stuff, but because it is not the most popular (read, familiar here) environment for hackers. It's changing a little with OSX where the UNIX base requires port blocking or you are a wide open door on the internet with a flashing red light over it, thankfully OSX comes with it. The Mac OS isn't better, it's just safer due to a lack of interest on the part of the hacker community (OS9 and earlier anyway). Just spent a couple hours the other day running NAV and a piece of freeware called "a² free" http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ on the WINTEL workhorses at our office. I tell the folks using these machines that I would rather see them waste their time playing locally installed games than to surf the high speed wave all day, because then it wastes my time too fixing crap like the latest wave of spybots and trojans out there waiting for them to swim by. We will always be one step behind the clever feller's as long as we all use the same swiss cheese code en'masse. Windows is fine for the everyday office and database driven environments, but I don't want to worry about downtime and condom like measures on my big graphics and video machines at home so I run a Mac environment there as much for the number crunching of the G4/AltiVec processing engine as for the impunity to viruses and hacking. -- Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 spook, if that's an insult against early Microsoft operating systems, I'm lovin' it! "Early"...? Who said anything about "early"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Larry Cazes Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Actually, the truth is that the vast majority of these programs are written by teenagers. Sorry to dissapoint you guys but this is fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 LC, Teenagers who should be out working, but their parents are not invoved enough to get them off the butts. My dad woke me on my 16th bithday by telling me he wanted me to have a part time job by the end of the week. I was already mowing something like a dozen lawns in the neighborhood as it was. How does the saying go, "Idle hands do the Devils work?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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