Having a virus sitting in your computer causes pain to you, in every possible manner that it can. It takes the peace off the user, as it becomes difficult to deal with certain kind of viruses. Now, the question is: What is the purpose of the virus creators behind the development of a malicious program? How are they benefitted? To answer these questions of yours, which may often pop up in a user’s mind, we need to dig a little deeper. Are you ready for it? Then, let’s get started in exploring every detail of it.
Are hackers and virus developers are the same people?
Definitely not! Hackers and malicious creators are two different set of people. Although, developing a virus is a destructive job to do, but the intent of the developers is not ‘stealing’. Creators do not aim for any target, while developing a virus. However, the hackers set targets to attack at, using these programs.
However, the main intention of the hackers is to make use of the developed malicious programs to steal the important information of the users. Hackers make use of sophisticated methods along with the malicious programs to accomplish their jobs successfully.
It could be a matter of fun for the developers!
Often, it has been seen that the creators develop such a program to have fun, by playing pranks with the friends. They may also create one to test their computer skills. Such creators are mostly, younger set of people and they do not understand or realize the affects that their programs may cause, if they go into wrong hands.
Sometimes, the unhappy employees may also take this step to create a serious damage to the company. Survey says that the developers are mainly men, who are under 30. .
Virus may have legitimate reason!
It is not always that viruses are meant for illegal reasons, but a malicious program may have a legal cause too. What we are trying to say here is, virus programs are created with a purpose of examine the security feature of the computer. This is crucial to know the vulnerability level of a system, as you can enhance the security features. But, these viruses are severe when used wrongly.
Virus creators may get more ruinous!
The fact is that virus programs do not require extraordinary skill of proficiency to be developed. However, if the developer has to develop stronger virus programs, then the old programs become the foundations of the newer ones. Gradually, the basic programs may take a face of stronger and serious ones, which could be harmful and there are chances that self-replicated viruses will be developed.
Expertise prediction is that eventually, all the computing devices will be affected by the malicious programs in a wider scale—be it a smartphone, a tablet, a desktop or a laptop. To avoid this kind of mishap, it is better to be well educated about the system’s security and spread the importance of antivirus software among all the users.
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