How computer virus maker earn money ? Who pay them and why ?
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Traditionally, writing and distributing malware was about impressing your friends and the hacker community.  But things are changing.\n\nToday's malware writers are moving to for-profit opportunities.  As stated in the original post, they use malicious software to gather information from consumers and businesses to make money.  Money making activities include criminal activites based on social engineering, identity theft, and theft of intellectual property.  Once in possession of information of value to other criminal elements, they sell it for a profit.  Again, the for-profit motive is taking over from the pursuit of bragging rights.
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It is True that anti-virus companies develop their own virus and provide patches for it and some really click very well such as the KAMASUTRA virus..It was a home grown virus by some company..There is a collection of some anti-viruses in this page-www.varunhacker.tk..Hope u are satisfied with the answer.
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This is an interesting question with interesting answers.\n\n- You see some people really dont work for money. They are trying to solve a problem that bugs them and they appreciate people who would help them solve it. This can be one motivation for writing open source stuff.\n\n- Another approach to this to take a hard problem (like say an OS), realise that multiple people have done things that together can be collected into a reasonable solution the same, package the same (obviously add some of your own stuff to that) and then give away the solution for free. Per se, this problem is so complicated that irrespective of what you do, the customers will pay you to help maintain and upgrade the solution. This is getting paid for maintaining the service and not the original solution. This motivates companies like Redhat etc.\n\n- Another approach is that sometime an opensource solution helps a huge corporation and they pay you to make the solution. That way they can access the source code, tune their services to your code and together build a formidable software. IBM used this approach to support Linux and make it work with their DB2 etc.\n\n- Also, a lot of open source stuff gets funded in the later stages via public support since too many people find it useful. Apache foundation is an example that comes to mind\n\n- Also some opensource products get sold out to other corporations and that helps them make more money. JBoss being bought out by Redhat is an example of this\n\n- Some opensource stuff can use display of advertisements to get money.\n\nThese are some things I can think from the top of my head. Hope this helps!
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Conrad,\nYou are asking how can we get users to become more resposible and take charge. \nThey are lazy.\nAs I have grown with this www, i have got a few nasties and sought out ways to eliminate the threat.\nI use all of the above, plus a few more.\nViruses have attempted to enter my system from Trusted Clients who have not upgraded their defenses.\nThe worst offender to date is Duke Energy form Charlotte, NC.\nThey just tell you it can't happen, and I have learned to accept only faxed or mailed job requirements/specifications from them when negotiating a contract.\nThis scenario only goes to show that Viruses/Spyware can come from any place. \nAgain,  thank you for posting a question in a way that hopefully will awaken at least one other user and take responsibility, letting others save time with scans, etc.
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Hell yeah man...their all after the big bucks and trying to capitalize on the growing virus/protection problem is a great way to do it.
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Because they are scamming you. What they give you (if anything) is probably something you could have found for free by doing the right search, or is a program where you have to do so much work for so little return that you will quit ... and they end up with millions and millions of dollars from everybody that sends in that small $100 startup fee.
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Do some re-search on what country is da best to make cash \n& have a good person who can fix ur pcs not someone who says yes they know how to install windows .
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Hey im in this program that pays you to read emails. nothing to pay. just read emails and get paid. if you are interested go to the site in source. Im not advertising. I am telling you a way to make money on the internet.
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Sell your computer and send them the money...
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They make money in several different ways. They have a scheme called Adwords which are basically sponsered links. They also have Adsense which places ads within peoples websites which produces revenue for both the person whos website the link is on, and also for Google. They also have the shopping area among other things.\nTo find out more about Google visit the link below
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The bad guys are always trying to do bad things to your computer. The good guys who make the firewalls, antivirus programs, antispyware programs, etc. are always trying to stay at least one step ahead so your computer stays safe.
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*BZZZTT* and your ALL out!  That's incorrect.  \n\nViruses are NOT inherently evil.  They are just programs that work viraly.  They may self replicate, although that sort of goes into the worm catagory.  I'm assuming your talking about malicous computer viruses.  And judging by your earlier post "How do I become a hacker" I'm guessing you want to impress everyone and write a virus.  It'll never happen.\nGo home!
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thats because the software that you are using is the one creating the viruses. they create newer infections so that you avail a new one (spending $). its their way of merchendising.
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Absolutely they do pay; I've been getting paid from such sites for quite a while now.\n\nBut two major things to consider are that: 1) unfortunately there are scams out there and 2) you need to be realistic about how much you can earn by reading paid emails.\n\nSites that promise more than 5c per email are probably a scam. One good resource for investigating what sites pay are visiting certain forums dedicated to Paid to Read, where some members list proof of payment, such as screenshots. I myself have made a page that shows proof of payments I have received. I've listed the forums and my Xanga page in the "sources" below.\n\nYou can make some nice extra cash from paid to read emails, but probably won't cover your bills. If you want to make a more sizable income without having to pay any fees or investing anything, you might want to try "paid to sign up" sites, where you basically agree to try free products and services, and in return you earn bonus money. Sites can be found in the "sources" section listed below.
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First, nobody makes money unless someone clicks a popup/ad and buys something.\nCompanies pay a service to have their ad on thousands of sites, as a banner or popup. As long as people click the ad/popup, the service company can show, statistically, that some people are interested in the product, even if they don't buy anything. A few of the ones that click the ad will eventually buy something. \nExample:\n1000 sites with ad/popup. Company pays $10.00  1 cent each.\n100 people click on the ad, but don't buy anything. \n10 people give their email address, but don't buy yet.\n3 people buy something. Say $50.00 for the item.\nCompany makes $150.00 from $10.00 in advertising.\nAnd that's only 3 out of 1,000 sales.\nThe Company will also make $1.00 or so for selling the 100\nemail addresses to affiliate companies.
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To make money out of sickoes like you
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Someone is doing it and they are profitting by it. I had a message that my computer may have been 'infected' and that I should download 'X' companys' anti-spy and anti virusware. Turned out they were the 'infector' to get you to buy their program right then or your system would crash. Turns out they are being investigated for fraud by IRS, FCC, etc.  Seems lots of people lost their money and personal indentification information to this SCAM.  Luckily I was able to get them OFF my computer - took some time but it worked.  If it happens to you - BEWARE !! It will automatically install if you don't stop it  !!