What is the purpose of malware?

Fresh3 days ago

Mar 15, 20263695 views

Confidence Score0%

0%

Problem

I've seen all sorts of speculation on why malware is created and distributed, but is there any hard evidence of what exactly it does and why? Please point me to any online resources.

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

Your OS

OS version

Product version

1 Fix

Canonical Fix

Unverified Fix

New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: What is the purpose of malware?

Low Risk

As usual, follow the money... There are many incentives to create malware, but almost any malware you'll see today is intended to gain illegal profit. The classic way of doing that is making your computer send lots and lots of spam. If the malware c…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment