system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: why do people put Trojans in torrents? What is the benefit of giving someone a virus?
gpt
Maybe they want your banking info, maybe they want to use your bandwidth, maybe identity theft instead, or maybe they take joy out of frying as many hard drives as they can. It depends on what the virus does. Sort answer is personal gain/amusement.