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What was the end goal of the virus?
by technoplato 6y ago
What was the end goal of the virus?
- CraneWorm 6y agoTo flatten its curve.
- baybal2 6y agoIt got filtered by cellphone companies
- kalleboo 6y agoBefore monetization through bitcoin was easy, viruses were usually made and released just because you could. To experiment and see how far it could spread. And maybe just to wreak havoc and troll people. https://techgaming.pk/2015/09/07/the-most-dangerous-mac-viruses/ https://techgaming.pk/2015/09/07/the-most-dangerous-mac-viru... > This virus first appeared in 1988 on earlier versions of Mac OS. Initially, the program displayed a message about Michael Dukakis (Democratic presidential candidate): > I was created by mischievous 14 year old, and am completely harmless. Dukakis for president in ’88.
- technoplato 6y agoThat’s awesome, thanks for sharing. I assume via BTC or any crypto, it’s just a matter of running a “miniminer” of some sort across all effected machines?