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Malicious Life Podcast: Why Did People Write Viruses In The 80s & 90s?

Written by Malicious Life Podcast | Jul 15, 2024 7:33:45 PM

Why did people write malware in the pre-internet days? Back then, there was no way to make money by writing malware. So why write them in the first place? The lack of a financial motivation meant that virus authors had a plethora of other motives - and this diverse mix of motives had, as we shall hear, an interesting effect on the design and style of viruses created at that period.

 

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