stuartbe

The trouble is that these people are far from being idiots. In fact a lot of them are very talanted code and script writers. I dont think I could make anything that small nor do I know anyone who could and there are over 1000 very talented people where I work.

Sadly by discussing this and by the press making a big deal of it we are giving them what they want - Notoriety - That is why they do it IMHO.. They can say to there close mates " look - I wrote that ".......

This is the kind of problem that will never go away !!! However if software and OS manufacturers put a higher priority on writing code that was not full off bloatware and security holes they would have a much harder job.

Its everyone's responsibility to curb these kinds of activities. As I have said before...... Its time OEM's were made to install firewall software and decent antivirus programs. At the moment all that an OEM has to do is make sure that all MS critical updates are installed and half of them dont even do that !