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Microsoft Drops Blaster Author's Fine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slap-on-the-wrist dept.

bevo noted that Microsoft has dropped their fine against the author of the Blaster worm that DDoS'd Microsoft's web sites and hijaacked 50,000 computers. 225 hours instead of a 500k fine. $2200/hour seems like a good deal to me ;)

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  1. Microsoft, the good guy by bonch · · Score: 0, Troll

    Microsoft comes out looking like a good guy who brought this person to justice. Most of the media ignores that a large part of the fault lies with Microsoft Windows...and Microsoft appreciates that very much.

    1. Re:Microsoft, the good guy by bonch · · Score: 1, Troll

      You can't stop worms and trojans. But why should your operating system take those extra steps to be helpful to script kiddies by having insecure ports open and a vulnerable RPC protocol? Hackers love Microsoft Windows.

  2. Re:And in the meantime... by Fjornir · · Score: 0, Troll
    Damn right. If I'd been infected by his worm it would cost me time cleaning my system, verifying the integrity of my data, and so on. Time I could have spent making money or enjoying myself. Giving a free pass to someone who willfully takes action to damage my property does not sit well with me.

    As to his newfound $200,000 in debt he should have fucking thought about that before he let a worm out into the wild, hey? I don't want to send the message to the next script kiddie that this short of sit is acceptable.

    And 18 months? That's a fucking joke. He deserves a lot more.

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    I want a new world. I think this one is broken.
  3. How to end computer viruses, forever... by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Troll
    There should be a law that states this: If you write a virus that infects any system running non-Microsoft software, you go to prison forever. If you write a virus that infects systems running Microsoft software, Microsoft is required to pay you a licensing fee of not less than $2,200 for each copy of the virus that propogates. Of course, your virus would be required to send identifying information to a central server, which would keep track of its propogation, so that you would get paid what you are owed.

    Yes, this sounds like a good way to get rid of viruses. (Because everyone will switch away from Microsoft software, and then the virus writers will find another profession.)