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How do I create a computer virus?
Question:How do I create a computer virus?
Answer:Because of the frequency
this question has been asked in e-mail, on the forums,
and searched for on Computer
Hope we have decided to create a document
for this question. If you are interested in creating a computer virus,
trojan,
worm, or
other malicious program
as revenge, payback, or as a prank for an individual or a company we
suggest you re-think.
Creating a program to delete
files or
to cause other issues with a persons computer resolves nothing, may
cause you additional issues,
may cause you to be prosecuted by the law. In other words you could
be fined and/or sent to prison.
Users
who are interested in creating computer viruses
or other programs should consider learning to program in a computer programming language.
You will learn a lot more by learning one or more programming
languages and you will become more qualified in getting hired at
a company that designs programs. No one ever got hired by a
reputable company for writing computer viruses.
Below is additional questions and answers that relate to this
same subject.
If I create a good computer virus wont I
become famous?
No, the only fame you will likely get is a news article and
maybe a picture of you when you are handcuffed and being sent to
prison. In fact if you were to write a computer virus that was
effective and infected several computers or networks you would
more than likely not wish to become famous at the fear of being
prosecuted by the law.
I only want to write a virus to learn
how they work.
You will learn a lot more about how computer programs and
viruses work by learning to program then you ever will by writing
and tinkering with computer viruses.
If I write a good virus I'll get hired
at a security firm or antivirus company.
False, no respectable security firm or antivirus company wants
to affiliated with an individual who has created a program that
has infected potential customers computers. If you're interested
in getting hired on at a security firm, antivirus company, or just
want to get into the security field it would be much better to
learn programming, become a participant in security discussions,
become a beta tester, and/or attempt to find vulnerabilities in
programs and operating systems and report them to the companies.
Can Computer Hope send me additional
details, examples, or other information about creating viruses.
No, Computer Hope will not send any user any other additional
information about creating computer viruses, worms, or trojans.
This document was created to help deter any users from creating
computer viruses and instead do something more productive like
computer programming.
We suggest learning a programming language such as
C,
C++,
Perl,
PHP, etc. A listing of programming languages and each of the
fields for programming can be found
here.
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