Ever wonder who writes viruses? Most are young men in their teens and early twenties who are learning or have learned programming and get a kick out of writing malicious software. They are probably members of forums dedicated to virus programming and they share ideas.

Virus programmers can be divided into two main categories – the ‘digital vandal’ who does it for fun and the professional malware programmer who does it for commercial gain. The professional programmer is the more dangerous of the two as they are experienced programmers who study the vulnerabilities of operating systems. The viruses they write are used for exploitation. They understand and use the psychology of buying habits, study or search patterns. These professionals are paid by advertisers and organized crime.

Good quality Internet security software is a must to have on all computers. However, when something gets through the security software, and they do, Total PC has special tools and processes that are very effective at annihilating them. It’s important to get at them as soon as possible after an infection occurs to keep them from damaging Windows or other software programs on the computer.