Saved the day or created the problem?

Take a peek at just how much money these companies are making off their antivirus software products. Fear of loss yielding profits is certainly nothing new, but I wonder if anyone has considered exactly where these viruses come from and how disproportionate the system is. Most black hat programmers double as legitimate software developers or security experts in their day jobs. For me this begs the question if they create the viruses simply to fuel the security industry in the first place.