Comments on: Microsoft's bounty hunter

Attorney Hemanshu Nigam says virus writers ought to "think twice before they hit that send button."

[mercuryrising]

Try doing this sometimes too

Mr. Hemanshu,
I appreciate your way of working . But why dont you sometimes sue the record companies benifitting incorrectly by selling a 40 years old music for the same price as of the contemporary music or why dont you sue the software compaines for their monopoly or mismanaged products. Is there any social sense at all ?

social senseless

the corporation with the biggest bank account determines what is sensible or not.

Are You Serious?

Do you really feel this is the correct forum for airing your feelings on the recording industry?

That aside, I don't care if the song is 100 years old, the intellectual property owner can charge whatever the market will bear for the product they sell.

Do you see people complaining that they have to pay millions of dollars for a Van Gogh painting because it was painting in the 1800's? No, the buyer pays that money willingly.

If you don't want to pay for the music, that is fine, don't listen. It is a supply/demand equation. If music is too expensive, and people stop buying, then the record companies will have to try something else.

Just because something is digital, it doesn't mean you have a right to it. Stealing music is no different than stealing a painting, a car, or anything else that is not yours and has value. You are not "entitled" to the music that people create, you must pay for it indefinately, and companies will charge what the market will bear.

[unknown unknown]

Virus writter share source...

if not other virus writters reverse engineer the virus. I found it more than a little amusing that shortly after the author of Sesser was arrested a variant of his Sesser virus was release. These rewards might make for some nice PR in the rare case the virus author is caught, but I doubt it will do much in terms of deturance.

[wrwjpn]

Be responsible

MS should be more responsible and spend their horde of cash
on improving their software. I agree that stopping the virus
writers an important step but come on. Where would the money
best be spent? I vote for beefing up their software. Also, you
notice as they bundle more and more of their products into the
OS the more problems and security holes there are.

No system is infalliable, but there has to be a limit.
What other industry can put out such shoddy products or
services and maintain a vast market share. We have only
ourselves to blame as we believe that everytime MS says their OS
is more secure we run out and buy it. When will we learn and
stop to force them to prove it. What ever happened to truth in
advertisement?

Also, I think the EULA should be on the outside of the box so I
can read it before buying it. Open the box and then try to return
the software, see what happens? You opened the box so you can
return it.

MS spend your money more wisely and you won't need to offer
rewards or possibly spend so much on legal affairs.

[jwphillips]

If you don't like the MS Security....

If you don't like the way MS handles security issues in their software.... change it.

That can include buying another OS, installing some additional software, or fixing the problems yourself. Sounds like a daunting task? Of course it is.

Maintaining software is similar to going to war. You know what most of the problems are going to be, but you can never plan for everything.

DEVIANTS

I have observed and continue to enjoy 'fools' of a very 'high order' -- very high tech, that think that 'tunneling' is a ( clever idea )re my equipment.
Recently, I observed a very bizarre situation
wherein I captured one of my past emails being used as a 'tunneling' mechanism for that 'high tech' company to view my activities on my equipment.
Not only do I know how they do it, I have also figured out how they can do it to any one of their customers that has purchased their product.

PRAGMATIC as a word within any decent dictionary has multiple definitions.
PRAGMATIC as this email is concerned, simply relates to most definitions of that word,and especially towards security issues that have any shade or form of Global Impact.
For me to observe such, is simply a function of 'massivie hours' of learning my way this far.
Having been 'hacked' twice' within a week was a 'defining moment'.
Microsoft Research was my next contact.
This particular comm line yielded info re
previously missed OE6 items and so much more !!!!!!!!
Am I shy. NO
Do I have a problem re picking up my phone at any time and making contact with the FBI re security issues/obsevations.
NO.
Any intelligent individual should not be shy.
After 911, we all know that the U.S. is under attack.
Computer related issues rank SENIOR in any economy.
PRAGMATIC as a word can and does carry consequences.
From my side, I can and will trap any form
of 'deviant'.

[JimStiner]

Why is there so little information about what law enforcement is doing to catch people who spread viruses and trojans, and iframe and other maliious attacks.?

I person should be able to call the police and report an attack, and the police should use all of their computer geeks to find the culprit and send them away for life. The penaltly should be 10 times more severe than it is now.

Once word got around that the worse offenders had been given 20 years at hard labor, maybe that would deter others from wanting to copycat this serious crime.

If I was judge and we had positive proof you were guilty, I would order you tied between four horses and have them pull you apart.

The amount of productivity that is lost and money it cost the attacked makes this a very serious crime to me.

Jim
http://writeATrust.com