Where do viruses and worms come from?
Viruses and worms used to be little more than a nasty prank. Virus/Worm writers would often compete between each other to see who could get one to spread further, do the most damage, and get the most media attention. However, it is believed that many e-mail worms are being written in order to turn infected systems into “zombies” that can be used by the virus writer to relay mail (send spam) or participate in denial of service attacks.
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