[Am-info] Anti-virus fight gets cash boost

[Hans Reiser]

Erick Andrews wrote:

>Is this Microsoft's straw man to obfuscate fixing their
>virus infested OS's?
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>A $5m reward fund has been set up
>by Microsoft to help track down
>people who unleash damaging
>computer viruses. 
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>The first rewards on offer will give payments of
>$250,000 to anyone with information about the
>creators of the MSBlast or Sobig viruses. 
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3244263.stm
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I think it is the right thing to do.  The US government should have done 
this for them.....  The US government is so far from serious in dealing 
with virus authors, hopefully the money will help to focus their minds.

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Hans