[PetiteMericco]

Perhaps as someone else already said on this thread, it might be done for the bragging rights of having created the first successful virus/worm to attack Macs.

Hm, you can't exactly brag about doing something illegal like writing viruses when the bragging will send you to jail.

Duh.

[SlowBoat407]

Hm, you can't exactly brag about doing something illegal like writing viruses when the bragging will send you to jail.

Duh.

You do among a community of fellow punks, delinquents, hackers and code kiddies who think it's just "swell" to bring down commerce, defense, and health care systems.

Duh.

[zeugma]

Hm, you can't exactly brag about doing something illegal like writing viruses when the bragging will send you to jail.

Are you really so unknowledgable about such things that you believe that the cretins who build these things don't communicate with each other?

[steve-b]

Hm, you can't exactly brag about doing something illegal like writing viruses when the bragging will send you to jail.

Are you really so disconnected from reality that you don't realize that sociopathic criminals care about the "respect" they get from other sociopathic criminals, and don't give a damn about the opinions of normal people?