cause they are very much like the Trojan Horse that was the demise of ancient Troy) that really do something useful but later will cause damage. Because the writer is not the one to physically harm the computer, is he doing Nottingham 2anything wrong? As of right now, it is not illegal to write viruses, but should it be? Should anti-virus researchers be allowed to write viruses to learn more about them? Non-harmful viruses have been written to search for and destroy other more destructive viruses. These "benevolent" viruses are helpful, but still rarely ever tell the user if they are on his computer and are hard to get rid of if do warn you they are present. Are these viruses wrong?Architectural and engineering firms many times have very expensive monitors for showing their final work to customers. These monitors can be set to have a perfect photographic quality picture but not for very long because the screen starts to generate a lot of heat. A certain virus changes the monitor into this mode and if no one is around to turn it off the monitor will begin to melt and eventually it can start a fire. Is the person who wrote this virus responsible for the fire if one ever happens?Another related story involves a hospital whose blood bank computer was infected with the Cookie Monster Virus. Every two weeks this virus displays a picture of Sesame Street's Cookie Monster and asks "What do I like to eat?" If the word "cookies" is typed the virus will hibernate for two more weeks, if the answer is wrong, the contents of the computer are overwritten and all the information is lost forever. The hospital staff at the blood bank didn't know the answer or was afraid to try it. Because they couldn't get to the blood type records, a young man died. Should the person who created this virus be charged with killing this man?Many times someone will write a virus and then brag to their friends about it. If the friends then take the codes and ...
