Where do viruses come from?

Am I right in thinking that viruses/malware, etc. all originate from the companies that make the software to fix it?

I doubt all do , I'm sure people with major resentments do as well

Well, the famous "Melissa" virus was written by a 17 year old, in Singapore. If not Singapore, some other sleazy south east Asian slum.

It does give one pause to wonder whether some software companies who are having their product cracked and stolen, might have cause to add an extra little "surprise", for someone's downloading pleasure.

well that wouldn't be very {excuse the pun} "pc" now would it .

written by a 17 year old, in Singapore. If not Singapore, some other sleazy south east Asian slum.

"Singapore is the only world city without slums" according to the U.N. Habitat (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8sVKrw0pEI0/SQMWmBOuCnI/AAAAAAAAANg/YpUY8VNxh20/s1600-h/Spore+slum.JPG).

ABC reports:
"Ninety-five percent of the people around us say they're either somewhat happy or very happy," Buettner said of Singapore (http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4097264&page=1). "That's a very high proportion for Asia."

Happiest Countries in the World:
This is the list of the subjective well-being in 97 countries based on reported happiness and life satisfaction,
equally weighted. The rank is stated from happiest to least happy:
Singapore: #31 (http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/sites/d0016280-1901-43f9-8178-9b3c85664eed/uploads/Happiness_Readings_and_Videos.pdf)


88% broadband proliferation (http://www.strategyanalytics.com/blogs/392/)
4th highest life expectancy (http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=it&v=67) (US is #45)
Unemployment rate is 1.7% (http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=it&v=67)


I'm not saying it's a great place to live, but slum probably isn't the right term for Singapore, no?

u.s. is #45 on life expectancy , christ , any kind of health care reform is probably good

u.s. is #45 on life expectancy , christ , any kind of health care reform is probably good

I don't quite think that is the cause actually. I'm sure the amount of drunk driving, drugs and other incidents that healthcare reform will not help are probably higher too o.o.

And virus's come from techspot, then spread from website to website through techspot users!

"Singapore is the only world city without slums" according to the U.N. Habitat (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8sVKrw0pEI0/SQMWmBOuCnI/AAAAAAAAANg/YpUY8VNxh20/s1600-h/Spore+slum.JPG).






88% broadband proliferation (http://www.strategyanalytics.com/blogs/392/)
4th highest life expectancy (http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=it&v=67) (US is #45)
Unemployment rate is 1.7% (http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=it&v=67)


I'm not saying it's a great place to live, but slum probably isn't the right term for Singapore, no?

Perhaps I was thinking of Shanghai.

As to life expectancy, in comparison with the US, we commit suicide by fast food, you surely can't laud Singapore for our foibles.

Anyway, I googled the "Melissa" virus, and as it turns out, David L. Smith from New Jersey wrote it. Well, I fumbled the ball on that one, but don't even try to tell me that New Jersey has happy people and no slums. I know that's wrong.

[QUOTE='hellokitty[hk];786675']I don't quite think that is the cause actually. I'm sure the amount of drunk driving, drugs and other incidents that healthcare reform will not help are probably higher too o.o.
thats a ridiculous statement , what if someone crashes drunk and has no health care to pay for all drugs to live longer
and yes all viruses originate from techspot

;786675']I don't quite think that is the cause actually. I'm sure the amount of drunk driving, drugs and other incidents that healthcare reform will not help are probably higher too o.o.About 30% of Americans are bordering on morbidly obese. Do you think that contributes to a long life! Not likely! Basically we have 75 million lard a**ed people living in denial, and no, health care reform won't cure that.
;786675']And virus's come from techspot, then spread from website to website through techspot users! This is an extraordinary case of WTF are you talking about?

if it trys to high jack get highjack this and spybot search and destroy its usally what i see most people do

also if you have to reboot your entire computer buy a USB flash drive to save important files

[QUOTE=captaincranky;786703]About 30% of Americans are bordering on morbidly obese. Do you think that contributes to a long life! Not likely! Basically we have 75 million lard a**ed people living in denial, and no, health care reform won't cure that.
thats also a ridiculous statement , u don't think affordable health care for all , means poor fat people might be able to afford to get medical help for being morbidity obease ,

About 30% of Americans are bordering on morbidly obese. Do you think that contributes to a long life! Not likely! Basically we have 75 million lard a**ed people living in denial, and no, health care reform won't cure that.
thats also a ridiculous statement , u don't think affordable health care for all , means poor fat people might be able to afford to get medical help for being morbidity obease ,

OK Twister1, I don't mind being quoted. I don't even mind being called wrong by somebody without a clear thought process, or the ability to successfully extract an abstract concept, however imperfectly, from the post of the person you're trying unsuccessfully to quote. But, I do mind having to separate the quote from your reply.

So, I you don't mind please place this >>>> " [/QUOTE]" <<< behind the OP's paragraph, and not after what you've written. Oh, that's without the quotation marks.

Thanks in advance for you attention to this matter.

And BTW, obese people get plenty of health care, they are lavished with it, and that's why we need health care reform, and preventative medicine options, we simply can't afford the amount of health care expenditures that they generate. In words that you could understand, we can't afford to fix them. Then tack on smokers, do ya think they run up the bills also?

Origin of viri
In addition to the sources already mentioned, I add the belief of incompetent users that some mysterious external force is to blame for their mistakes at the keyboard.

Health in America
Many of us prejudiced Europeans are under the impression that in America you lose your health in the effort to gain wealth and then lose your wealth trying to regain your heath.

;786675']And virus's come from techspot, then spread from website
to website through techspot users!

Ooooooooh! You're joking right?

Origin of viri


Viruses not viri.

Viruses not viri.

The word "virus” is of Latin origin, meaning poison. It is certainly correct when writing in English to use the plural “viruses” and this is indeed now the accepted form. But purists also use the etymologically derived plural “viri”, in analogy to “fungus – fungi”, “terminus – termini” and “dominus – domini”.

Some people even say “virii” trying to be super-purists, but that’s wrong in any case or language.

This reminds me to go and water my cacti. :)

When referring to Malware it's most definitely viruses.

VIRI, (plural of virus), are programs either written by outright criminals, or government agents in cyber-warfare operations.

tedster your spot on , http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/virii.html this means kritius is a hacker and most likely all "viruses" come from him.

Origin of viri
In addition to the sources already mentioned, I add the belief of incompetent users that some mysterious external force is to blame for their mistakes at the keyboard.Are those the same people that swear that they heard Steve Jobs speaking to them from the middle of a burning bush? Or perhaps it was Bill Gates.
Health in America
Many of us prejudiced Europeans are under the impression that in America you lose your health in the effort to gain wealth and then lose your wealth trying to regain your heath. Many Americans have the tendency to believe that being God damned fat, makes you God damned important. Plus we're a religious bunch, we're always sitting around waiting for the second coming, of the feedbag that is. Doesn't this seem like an opportunity for a patent and a thriving business; invent potato chip bags with eyelets at the mouth, so that you could just rip the bag open, and strap it to your face!

The word "virus” is of Latin origin, meaning poison. It is certainly correct when writing in English to use the plural “viruses” and this is indeed now the accepted form. But purists also use the etymologically derived plural “viri”, in analogy to “fungus – fungi”, “terminus – termini” and “dominus – domini”.

Some people even say “virii” trying to be super-purists, but that’s wrong in any case or language.

This reminds me to go and water my cacti. :)

Being from "South Europe", shouldn't you be "Lynx Lynx", the cat so ferocious they had to name it twice?

Anyway, I sort of subscribe to my own custom of calling all Lynx species "bobcats", since the bobcat gets it's common name because of the "bobbed" tail. All Lynx species have short tails, hence they are all "bobcats", at least to my muddled application of Taxonomic reasoning. IE; "Lynx Canadensis" becomes the "Canadian Bobcat", Lynx Lynx the Asiatic (or European) Bobcat, and Lynx Pardinus (the Iberian Lynx) becomes the Spanish Bobcat, except of course for the actual Bobcat, which becomes Lynx Rufus.

Moving on to "Vir >>"ii"<<, the "ii" ending is used in certain scientific names, and it's pronounced "ee, eye" (long "E", then long "I"! This also manifests itself in the words of certain traditional songs such as, "Old MacDonald's Farm", [sic] , "Old MacDonald had a farm, EE, Eye, EE, Eye, Oh", as it were. (Please note the long "O" sound).

But I digress! Back to the topic in hand, since "fungus" is pronounced with a hard "G", why do many people pronounce "fungi" with a "J". This has bothered me deeply for years.

To whom it may concern, no computer viri were produced, nor was any computer harmed in the making of this post.

Now, as to who I may have pissed off, oops sorry. :rolleyes: :haha: :wave:

yes , well , as a matter of fact Steve Jobs is a personal friend of mine and indeed he does frequent many a burning bush , with continueing price hikes on heating , it seems a sane choice for maintaining a high living standard which contributes to his life expectancy, if such a choice were adopted across the u.s. there is no doubt the u.s would rank higher than #45 , loby your senator today and the burning of bushes could become mandatory tomorrow.

yes , well , as a matter of fact Steve Jobs is a personal friend of mine and indeed he does frequent many a burning bush , with continueing price hikes on heating , it seems a sane choice for maintaining a high living standard which contributes to his life expectancy, if such a choice were adopted across the u.s. there is no doubt the u.s would rank higher than #45 , loby your senator today and the burning of bushes could become mandatory tomorrow. You should watch more porn, you would quickly learn that there are no more bushes to burn. And to make matters worse, Penicillin no longer extinguishes the flames.

And yes, this is on the topic, (sort of), of "where do viruses come from". Since viruses seem to accompany free downloads of Russian porn. Well, even paid downloads for that matter.

viruses originate from kritius he said viri instead of viruses , he's a hacker ! follow my link http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/virii.html this proves it fat people probably need to burn many bushi {or is it bushes} to stay warm.

The captain raised several matters of importance, none more than the various cat species…er.. should’t that be specieses in analogy to viruses?

I chose the nick “bobcat” because it contains the familiar word “cat”, which doesn’t portray the wild image of lynx, but lacks no comparable abilities nevertheless.

Moreover, it has a simple, undisputed plural, so that I don’t get challenged over my use of Latin. Now, what would the plural of “lynx” be? Lynx or lynxes? And what would the plural of “lynx lynx” then be? Or is it already a plural since there are 2 of them?

Trying to keep up with the captain’s remarkable knowledge about cats, I looked up the etymology of “lynx”.

Lynx etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek; akin to Old English lox lynx and probably to Greek leukos white. (Merriam-Webster)

Now, I find all this confusing and felt really glad I’m a simple cat. That is until I looked at the etymology of that:

Cat
O.E. (c.700), from W.Gmc. (c.400-450), from P.Gmc. *kattuz, from L.L. cattus. The near-universal European word now, it appeared in Europe as L. catta (Martial, c.75 C.E.), Byzantine Gk. katta (c.350) and was in general use on the continent by c. 700, replacing L. feles. Probably ult. Afro-Asiatic (cf. Nubian kadis, Berber kadiska, both meaning "cat"). Arabic qitt "tomcat" may be from the same source.

Confusing though it still is, all this makes me feel not just European, but international. :)

The plural of "axis" is "axes", wrap your collective heads around that!

Having dealt with the priority subject of cats, I return to other matters raised.

The plural of "axis" is "axes"
And for us purists, the plural of “index” is “indices”.

About 30% of Americans are bordering on morbidly obese. Do you think that contributes to a long life! Not likely!
The most pressing problems of the planet are two: How to save half the population from starvation and the other half from obesity.


But so as to occasionally remember the thread subject:
Where do viruses come from?
I have just discovered an alternative source:

VISTA: Viruses, Intruders, Spyware, Trojans & Adware.

There’s also a virus-free version of VISTA specially developed for:
… people that swear that they heard Steve Jobs speaking to them from the middle of a burning bush…
VISTA: Vastly Inferior Software To Apple’s.

The most pressing problems of the planet are two: How to save half the population from starvation and the other half from obesity.
sad but true , corn syrup for victory
and sticking with the original topic I second previous post

I must say...
This thread is becoming very interesting...
Without the help of 'those guests' if you can imagine that!:haha:
We should do this more often.:)

this means kritius is a hacker and most likely all "viruses" come from him.

From this post Twister123 is a douchebag.

this article is not mine http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/virii.html , I only pass information to those who seek it , and I am not a container for douches or as some may say douchei .

Viruses are caused by good pc knowledge and a curious mind :)

This thread itself is a virus. However it works on the honor scheme.

After reading this thread please email porn to your entire contact list, And format your hard drive.

Thanks in advance!

Viruses are caused by good pc knowledge and a curious mind

This thread itself is a virus. However it works on the honor scheme.

After reading this thread please email porn to your entire contact list, And format your hard drive.

Thanks in advance!
Whats your email?

From this post Twister123 is a douchebag.this article is not mine http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/virii.html , I only pass information to those who seek it , and I am not a container for douches or as some may say douchei .
This thread has become a soap opera. Perhaps we should name it, "As the Douche Squirts". :rolleyes: :haha: :wave:

This thread has become a soap opera. Perhaps we should name it, "As the Douche Squirts". :rolleyes: :haha: :wave:

I agree (that's what I was implying in post #30).
Since I started this thread, I thought I could rename it, but it won't let me :(
Or maybe I just don't know how...:suspiciou

Heres my email kitty :)

Emailcaptaincranky@techspot.co.scandinavia.co.com

Or use this link.

http://bigcrazyvirusfromthislinkyoushallhave.com

Heres my email kitty

Emailcaptaincranky@techspot.co.scandinavia.co.com

Or use this link.

http://bigcrazyvirusfromthislinkyoushallhave.com
Little does he know, I will add him to my contacts list KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEK ^_______________________^.

Heres my email kitty :)

Emailcaptaincranky@techspot.co.scandinavia.co.com

Or use this link.

http://bigcrazyvirusfromthislinkyoushallhave.comDid you know that Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

BTW, Judging by the direction of this thread, it seems that douchebags can reproduce asexually! And have!

I think this thread has taken a turn for the worse and has spun off to spam.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7590/catspamthread.gif

We should get back to talking about cati * (plural of catus)

* Felis catus = domestic cat

Did you know that Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

BTW, Judging by the direction of this thread, it seems that douchebags can reproduce asexually! And have!


So now we are moving on to D.I.Y? I thought this thread was about cat shaped spam?

I think this thread has taken a turn for the worse and has spun off to spam.

Felis catus = domestic cat
My "research", (I use that term loosely, since the internet and Wikipedia were both party to it), has obviated this, (potential), fact; modern taxonomy suggests that our "domestic cat", is actually a subspecies of the african wild cat, "Felis Silvestris Catus"!

This may seem like a small bit of news, since it does make perfect sense, that at one time, the domestic cat had to have been wild!

However, for someone who grew up watching cartoons starring "Tweety Pie", (the canary), and >> "Sylvester" << (the cat), it presented a maximum, "holy s***", so that's where they got that name from moment"!

Once again I include a disclaimer: No computers were harmed, no malware of any kind was either produced or injected into the discussion during the production of this post, so help me Jobs!

Whoops, almost forgot, no douchebags were further outed. I don't know how I could have overlooked doing so, just flat out lazy I suppose.

Now, I’m glad this thread got back to cats, it was going to the dogs for a while.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n147/stuntcat666/catdancingcatthread.gif

our "domestic cat", is actually a subspecies of the african wild cat, "Felis Silvestris Catus"

However, for someone who grew up watching cartoons starring "Tweety Pie", (the canary), and >> "Sylvester" << (the cat), it presented a maximum, "holy s***", so that's where they got that name from moment"!

Yes, this derivation seems quite logical and I suppose “Felis Catus” lost the wild “Silvestis” middle name when he became domesticated.

But though the christening of Sylvester cat is thus explained, it is an unfortunate choice, because Sylvester is not wild enough to put Tweety in its place, which is of course the cat’s stomach. In fact, being a cat supporter, I never watch that silly cartoon for this very reason.

:rolleyes:WOW! There really are bored people out there!:rolleyes:

But though the christening of Sylvester cat is thus explained, it is an unfortunate choice, because Sylvester is not wild enough to put Tweety in its place, which is of course the cat’s stomach. In fact, being a cat supporter, I never watch that silly cartoon for this very reason.At least tell us you don't root for Wile E. Coyote.:rolleyes:WOW! There really are bored people out there!:rolleyes:It's not that we're bored so much as it's the fact we don't have lives! :o

Thanks, but your posts aren't the ones I'm concerned about...

:rolleyes:WOW! There really are bored people out there!:rolleyes:
Well, starting a thread and calling those who participate in it “bored” doesn’t say much about the value you attach to it. But, apart from being paradoxical, such a comment is…er…how shall I put it…not exciting.

Now to something more interesting.

At least tell us you don't root for Wile E. Coyote. Coyotes belong to the dog family which has a long standing vendetta with us cats. So I do root them, but the grammatically correct preposition to accompany the verb “root” should not be “for” but “out”.

Talk about uptick in spam...
:haha::haha:Maybe they're not on vacation after all...:haha::haha:

:confused:Whats the plural of spam?

more spam !