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There are hundreds of thousands of viruses out there (if not millions) and they often designed for different objectives. Most of them fall under the following categories:
*To take control of a computer and use it for specific tasks
*To generate money
*To steal sensitive information (credit card numbers, passwords, personal details, data etc.)
*To prove a point, to prove it can be done, to prove ones skill or for revenge purposes
*To cripple a computer or network By: Tasmanian Devil & Angel
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoWell...
I do like to say that "Computer Viruses" exist like something and make a computer to be a FOOL.
You see, computer viruses are not created like other living viruses.
They are created by....
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∙ 12y agoUsually, people create computer viruses for the purpose of stealing other people's information. They may also use them to gain control of a computer for use in a botnet attack. Others may write viruses just for fun, or to get feeling of power at having control over many other people's computers.
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∙ 14y agoBad people like to to bad things to computers, and they created a virus for the computer.
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∙ 14y agoThere are bad people in the world, and they want to assess your computer or ruin it for you. They create viruses to do the dirty work for them.
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∙ 13y agoWell, I am a programmer, so the only reason I write viruses are to get at my enemies. Some programmers do it just to piss people off. Some want to take over your computer.
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kyto
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Does millsberry give a virus to the computer?
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What virus's can do?
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Some of them can. It depends on the virus and the replication method.
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name the computer virus
How do computer virus programmers test their virus?
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kyto
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