What are the ethical implications of Worms, Viruses, and Trojan Horses?
The ethical implications of viruses are as simple as right and wrong. Articles on the ethics of computer viruses discuss the Golden Rule of “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”.It is pointed out that you may wish to write a virus to get a program for free or just to see if you can get into a system to eliminate a piece of data or just to get recognition. But how would you feel if the same were done unto you. Though some people using viruses think they are doing it for fun, they should realize that their actions would not be acceptable to themselves either. The damage, loss, or suffering viruses cause someone else nearly always outweigh any gain or benefit or status the virus writer might have attained.
