Will Always Be Threat. Will Always Be Threat. Graffiti artists spray their way to notoriety. Prank callers dial 911 with false alarms, then wait for squad cars to roll. So it goes, experts say, with the creators of computer viruses, the devilish bits of coding that can crash a PC, erase a hard drive or fill a screen with obscenities.
Professional programmers savor the satisfaction of seeing their work embraced by millions.
The reverse is true of virus writers. You write an attack or you write a virus, and it gets out there in the world, and you're proud of it. Experts say the creators belong to a shadowy community of hackers, virus writers and other electronic mischief-makers. Malicious intent is confined to a few, according to scholars and consultants. I don't for a moment excuse it or belittle the danger.