[Alas Babylon!]

Ok. You turn me in, and we'll split the reward!!!!

[observer5]

C'mon, a PC that is sh**tty hadware that run a pathetic OS and is filled with worms, WHAT'S your problem? Why don't you get in line for 3 years for the NEXT BIG breakthrough from the "Gates" of hell, called "Longhorn".

It will solve ALL your problems...

(There is no limit to the stupidity of people, none whatsoever)

[lelio]

"People might criticize Microsoft for it, but it is a legitimate way to mobilize more folks to start analyzing their logs."

A better way might be allowing people to sue others that knowingly or unknowingly allow a virus from their machine to attack another person's.

That'll provide some financial incentive to patch your systems or else you'll get sued. Or stop using MSFT products.

[Amerigomag]

Aparently Microsoft would like to contact these folks to offer employment.

Had Microsoft paid attention to hackers when they attempted to warn Microsoft about these vulnerabilies, the malicious hackers would have not had access to these systems.

"Patch early and patch often".

[zeugma]

I'm all for this, as much as I chortle over the mishaps of the people who willingly use microsoft software. I've been seeing a lot of indications recently that much of this recent activity were designed as tools to assist spammers. Many of the compromised systems these days have been turned into smtp relays for spam houses. This would explain the increase of spam volume I've seen over the past few months. I just ish ISPs would get off the stick and shut down network access for compromised hosts. It is easy enough to probe for, and the least they could do for the rest of us.

[StatesEnemy]

Why don't they just pay the hackers to expose their bugs?

[randog]

$250K? Dead or alive?

[steve-b]