Microsoft launches $500K bounty for virus writers

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
It's amazing M$ didn't do this ages ago. Every virus written exposes what a giant piece of crap Windows is, it's good business to protect the franchise against anyone that demonstrates the truth. I'm not pro-virus, the losers who do stuff like that don't deserve to live. It just would be nice if M$ closed a few of those security holes. Windows in less secure than keeping the Mona Lisa attached to the wall with scotch tape.

No operating system will ever be totally secure, so I guess they're all pieces of crap, hun?

And no car will ever be 100% guaranteed not to break down. But there's a giant difference between a Lexus and a Yugo. Windows is the O/S version of a Yugo. Nobody expects it to be perfect, but I've been at kids birthday parties that had tighter security.

 

[CraigRT]

hey I thought they caught the Blaster worm kid.

 

[Actaeon]

Edit: Oops.

Anyway, if they can catch these guys, and put em to jail time, maybe this will prevent such a virus from appearing again.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
If I wrote the virus, I would find some poor schmuck, break into his system, plant clues like source code, and delete all traces of ever being in there. Then I would turn them in, after cleaning out every single trace from myself, of course.

If you do this 5 or 6 times that is a lot of $$. :Q

I wonder if Microsoft would catch on.....