CE>KW> most virus writers know well enough to avoid
CE>KW> causing big problems with the computers operation since it
CE>KW> would give away the presence of the virus)
CE>
CE>Well, from looking at what many viruses do, wouldn't you say that a lot of
CE>the virus writers are also trying to cause as much hardware and software
CE>damage as possible in an effort to get a much publicity as possible?
Well, the difference is that the viruses with a destructive payload are
usually triggered to release it *long* after they've already infected
the machine. If a virus formats the HD, or otherwise seriously corrupts
the data on the machine, it's not going to have a chance to spread. Hard
to get any publicity for your virus if it infects one machine and then
dies. :)
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