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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
Thanks Lotus,
The conspiracy theorist would tell you that the antivirus companies have people who make them and put them out, just to keep their business going. (they do in fact have people who develop them, but I doubt with the intention of releasing them)
2nd reason is vendettas against mega corps like Microsoft, OWS folks apply here
3rd, and probably the most common reason, is the "because it's there group" You get teenagers who are learning to code, think they have hit on cool techniques and get some acclaim in there circle for making them. Mostly they are repetitive and common ways of attacks, pretty straight-forward even for the free protection.
4th, a few people use them for identity theft etc
Everything seems good now so, I can go back to my surfing FD, LOL
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I was talking about viruses which don't strike back at megacorporations like Microsoft and don't seem to help anyone to steal your identity.
But I think you are right about kids who need to be cool. That's a helpful insight. Thank you for that.