[Mr. K]

With the internet now hooked into everything... trusted to run it all.. it is only time before it became self- aware...

So I suggest life in prison or even capital punishment for hackers who release viruses.

BUT!!! these are the same people who FIND these leaks in the system, so I also suggest a substantial cah reward for anyoine who can find BUT NOT RELEASE a virus loophole.

I worked and went to school with many of these assholes.

The 30 year old living in his parents basement IS correct but there is a mangerial level who control them for these beusinss ventures.

[ShadowAce]

Perhaps it’s the malware and virii that is preventing the Net from becoming self-aware.

[a fool in paradise]

There are also countries behind such attacks. And I suspect people on competing platforms (Linux, Mac) who do such things in a “foreign” environment (MS) so as not to pee in their own swimming pool.

[mmichaels1970]

it is only time before it became self- aware... So I suggest life in prison or even capital punishment for hackers who release viruses.

Since it's self-aware, should we imprison the internet as well? ;)

[DesertRhino]

You got it, and furthermore, im halfway suspicious of the companies who sell the “cure” software. They sure benefit when a malware or virus goes around. I think they are the releasers sometimes.