Eli5 – How are computer viruses created without destroying the creator’s computer first?

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I’ve always wondered how computer viruses are made. If someone creates a virus on their own computer, wouldn’t it infect and potentially destroy their system first before it’s spread to others?

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What? What do you think a computer Virus is? It’s not an actual Virus. It’s a Programm. Is must in some way be executed to have an effect. Why would that creator do that on a computer he doesnt wanna infect?

Also, if it was programmed in a way that this would Happen automatically, what would stop them to do that on a virtual machine or a disposable hard drive?

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