Comments on: Sober code cracked

Antivirus firms crack an algorithm that was being used by the worm to "communicate" with its author.

[R. U. Sirius]

So can they catch the guy who did it?

That would be nice. I had my inboxes flooded with the crap from the idiot, so please go catch him.

[ndrtek_rob]

the real root

one of the main problems is people not being well enough trained to know not to open such email attachments. :)

[rbannon]

Yea, the idiot . . .

who did this to you is called Microsoft, and you're a fool for using
their products.

[Leppard]

Isn't that a violation of the DCMA?

I mean they decoded a program without permission.

Didn't they break the law?

Oh wait.. it was a Finnish company... I guess Finland doesn't have stupid laws like the DCMA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)

[fbuckleb]

oh yes

Oh yes. Brilliant comment right there. Let's go ahead and ignore the Finnish thing and all. Imagine the company is American. An anti-virus team is going to be prosecuted for cracking a code (durrrrrrrr, yeah it is clearly copyrighted by its owner) on an illegal program. Yeah, that makes sense. You are incredible. Go play in traffic.

[dfc5000]

update the infected machines with disabled virus code

If the virus code has been cracked why not update the infected machines with disabled virus code?