Money from Computer Virus : Why do People Make Virus

We all are Tired of Viruses, Worms, Keyloggers and Various Threats on the Internet. How much You Care, It is Like Impossible to Stay Away from Them. Today, It is Highly Required to Use Best Antivirus to Save your Data from this type of Threats. In short, Virus and Other Threats are the Biggest Enemies of the Computer and Smartphones. They are new Became Part of our Day to Day Life. But, I have One Question for You.. Do you Know Why Do People Make Virus ?

I Know you Never thought about It.. Because We are Never habitat to Think on the Hidden Side of the Object. But, Now Let’s Start our Discussion on Today’s Topic – Threat Developers Earning Secrets.

There are Lots of Viruses and Threats are on the Internet and Spread Everywhere. They are the Result of Hard Work of Lots of Developers worldwide. Many Developers are Specialized in Threats Development. They are Interested and Working Specially on Threats Development. But, Do you think They are Working Free of Cost or Without any Financial Expectations..!!! Of Course, Not.. Nobody in the World is Ready to Work without Reward. So, What is the Hidden Earning Source behind Threats Developers.

Threats Development is Of course Illegal. Developing and Sharing Threats on the Internet is Illegal. But Many of the Developers are Working on It, Ignoring the Risk. So, Now Let me Present the Resources of the Earning behind Threats and Virus Development based on my Research.

Who Develops the Virus

First of All, Who is Behind Virus Development. Most of the People think that, The Antivirus Companies hire Developers to Develop Virus and Share it in Market. So, The Company can Increase the Sales. But, Let me Explain you Some Points, You Missed..

First of All, Developing any Virus is not a Game of Kids. Developing a Virus can Take Upto 1 Month for a Single Virus. Daily Millions of Viruses are Entering in IT World by Various Sources. So, Do You think Developing 1-2 Virus Every Month Affect the Growth of Any Antivirus Company. Daily Millions of New Viruses are Developed by Hackers. So, There is No Sense that Any Antivirus Company Hires Developers to Develop Virus and Share 4-5 Virus Every Month for their Growth.

So, Who is Behind Virus Development.. It can be Anyone Expert in IT Field. It can be Any Developer, Student or Professional Hacker. Anyone Interested or Expert in Development of Worms can be Reason behind any New Virus available on the Internet.

So, Now Let’s Discuss the Reason of Virus Development.

Ads Based Earning

Have you Ever Experienced Getting Lots of Ads in your Web Browser Everywhere..!!! At Now, Lots of Viruses are Online Available, which Add Ads in your Web Browser. No Matter, which Site you Open, You see Bunch of Ads Everywhere on the Page. The Ads are Not Provided by Website, But They are from Virus or Worm Entered in Your System.

This type of Worms, Add Codes for Ads in your Browsers and Other Apps. So, You see Ads Everywhere on your System. It can be Mobile, PC or Tablet. It Android, Some Viruses show Push Notifications in Status Bar after Every Few Minutes or Hours with Ads. And By this Type of Ads, They Earns Money. Mostly Ads are Useful for Websites to Earn Money, But This type of Hackers spread the Ads via Virus and Earn Thousands of Dollars by It.

So, A Simple Program, Developed with the Hard Work of 10-15 Days can Make you Earn Thousands of Dollars. Isn’t It a Great Deal..

Information Stealing

There are Lots of Viruses Spread Everyone, With the Target to Steal your Private Information. It can be Your Bank account or Credit Card Passwords, Mail Account Passwords, Secure Documents or Anything. Their Main Aim is to Steal your Money via Any Way. Also Sometimes, The try to Blackmail you for Giving You Access Back to your All the Accounts. If you want to Get Access back to Your Accounts, You need to Pay Them. It’s Crime, But Some of the Persons are using this type of Shortcuts. And Viruses and Worms are Main Weapons for this Type of Hackers.

Also Some Viruses are Built for Spamming Purpose Only. They Collect Your Mobile Number, Email Address etc from your PC or Smartphone, and Sell it to Various Companies. ( There is a Huge Market for Selling Mobile Numbers or Mail IDs – Will Discuss it Soon ) So, They can Earn Lots of Money via It.

Computer Network Hijacking

Some of the Viruses are meant for Specially Any Institute or Organization. Their aim is Only a Single Organization or Institute. This type of Viruses are Designed to Hijack the Systems of Whole Network to Gain Access. The Purpose of Gaining Access can be Anything. Suppose, X Company is Biggest Competitor of Y. Then It is Possible that Y hire any Hacker and Hacks All the Computers of X. After It, Y company can see all the Transactions of X, See Private Accounts, Clear Data or Do Anything like That.

So, Like This, Some of the Viruses are Developed to Hack the Whole Computer Network and Gain Access to It.

Botnet Purpose

Some of the Virus are Developed for using your PC or Smartphones as Part of Huge Botnet System. It is something Like Kidnapping your PC and Force it to Do work for the Hacker. Now, Suppose any Hacker, Who developed this type of Virus and Share it Online. He Gets 1 Million PCs or Smartphones within 1 Month. Now, He can do Anything with this Hijacked Systems. A Person having 1 Millions Systems to Work for Him can do Anything. Yes, Anything.

This type of Botnets are Used for Various Purpose Like Getting Traffic on Any Website, Sending Illegal Mails or Data, Blackmailing, Sharing Ads, Collecting Sensitive Data or for Using as a Part of Giant Terrorist Hacking Attack. If you Connect Power of Millions of System, then You can Hack any Highly Secure or Advanced Systems Also. Such Type of Botnets Having Millions of Computers Detected are Like Conficker, Rustock, Cutwail etc. You can Search for More also.

Prove the Talent

Developing Virus is Also Sometimes Reason for Human Mind Logic of Proving that Yes, I can Do It. Some Hackers Designs this Type of Viruses, to Just Prove that They can Do it Easily. Something Like Satisfaction of Ego.

A Perfect Example is MS.Blaster Virus which Infected Millions of Computers in 2003. The Person hidden the Message in the Code “ Billy Gates why do you make this Possible ? Stop making Money and ix your Software!!” So, You can Easily Understand that Purpose of the Virus was to Prove How easily Windows System can be Infected. ( This Virus was able to Restart the System every 60 Seconds )

So, This are some Points or Logics Hidden behind Virus Development. And There can be A Lot more Also. I am Not Describing Every Source Here, But There can be A Lot of Hidden and Money Making Secrets of the Virus Development Industry. So, From Now, Take care and Be Aware of Viruses. Don’t think that They are Just Made for Fun. After Getting caught by Virus, You will Never Understand or Know that How your System is being Used by Hackers. So, We Suggest You to Use Antivirus for Best Security of Your Money and Safety.

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