Not that I enjoy asking stupid questions I can answer anyway, but I have NEVER been able to figure out why any human being would take the time or delight in creating these things to harm innocent people who’ve never done any harm to them? Why? It just beyond comprehension to purposefully destroy something for absolutely NO reason?
Well, in the case of pron viruses/bots, it’s usually about the money and using other people’s computers to store nasty stuff (i.e., avoiding criminal liability).
Personally, I think people who write these things should get life in jail. Many times I’ve lost an entire day’s work dealing with a virus. As a small business, that can REALLY hurt. Multiply that by thousands of people, and these things really do consume lifetimes or work and productivity. Hence, life in jail is just about right!