Researchers also discovered another message hidden inside the infection that appeared to taunt Microsoft's chairman: "billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!"
A "security expert" quoted in the same article said:
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But to expect home users to keep their systems current is unreasonable, said Bruce Schneier, chief technology officer with Counterpane Internet Security Inc. He blames software developers for writing bad software that constantly need "critical" patches.
"My mother will never install the patch until I come visit," he said. "I couldn't even call her and walk her through it. The industry is wrong to expect her to do it. The fact that she sends me e-mail is incredible enough."
While I agree that software developers (read "Microsoft"!) are often at fault, it doesn't follow that home users (that's us, dammit!) are quite so naive....It's a sweeping generalization; I think his mom should slap him silly for being so arrogant!
