* Oliver Jones <oliver(a)deeper.co.nz> [2004-11-09 00:00]:
A few high profile convictions may send a "message" to virus writers that what they do isn't so smart.
Only script kiddies will buy that message.
However as a side effect they also help the morons who write 800k VB viruses cause havoc.
You're a few years behind the times. Nowadays, worms contain proxies, and the services of botnets so created are sold to spammers at high prices. Half the world wide spam originates from zombie PCs. Worm writers are now professional criminals who make a good profit on their activities. Offering bounties for their heads will not deter them, particularly if you consider how incredibly slim the chances of actually capturing a perpetrator are. We live in a different world now. The days of innocence are over. Regards, -- Aristotle "If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't take life seriously enough."