Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net.

    The internet has problems really big problems. Mikko fights these problems online. Some viruses have addresses and personally information and people can track them but they don’t have the resources to do so. Some viruses are images that move and it was really funny but a serious problem for the computer. Some viruses makes sounds of a ambulance. We find tons of viruses every single day and it’s a massive system. They have gangs to make viruses and they earn money. Some gangs buy infected computers for real cash and that’s interesting. Key loggers are record everything that you type is sent to the bad guys. People that make viruses makes tons of money online because they make these viruses that can get tons of credit info. Everybody that has a PC should run security software that cost money because it’s worth it. People that steal money online are really good at it and you don’t wanna take a chance to lose all your money instantly. We called online internet because it is international. People that makes viruses love making signatures that you can decrypt. Some people are not that smart and people give their address and sometimes they get caught. If you are in a different country you have to rely on the local police to knock on their door. Most of the time it’s really really hard to track people down that made the viruses. Mikko hopes in the future that viruses are gone and it’s going to be safe online.