Who/what creates computer viruses and why?

Do people really spend time creating viruses? For what reason? Boredom?

Who/what creates computer viruses and why?aurora

Mostly, people who are too smart for their own good. They get bored and come up with viruses to entertain themselves. Some create viruses to test companies' security systems. A few, do it for financial gain (phishing)

Who/what creates computer viruses and why?download

Geeks with no friends and nothing better to do in my opinion. : )
Averagely 8 viruses a day are created most in Europe. Most die out fairly quickly. Most of the attacks are against Microsoft. It used to be most viruses were made to gum up Microsoft and its programs. They used to be created by mostly mac and unix people that hate Microsoft. Now days the threats seem to be more centered around stealing privacy information, identity. Adware and Spyware are key in introducing Trojan viruses so forth.

Microsoft with the new Vista operating system will be much more like macs in that it will no longer be an open operating system. It will require permission for things to be installed so forth. Service pack 2 for XP has a number of things that Microsoft was going to introduce in Vista but put in that service pack due to public pressure for better security.
anti virus companies-so that they can sell theyre products