Microsoft puts $250,000 bounty on MyDoom.B writer
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Following in the footsteps of the SCO Group Inc., Microsoft on Thursday put up a $250,000 bounty for the perpetrators of MyDoom.B. The MyDoom.B version is written to launch a DDoS attack against Microsoft instead of SCO next month. The virus also attempts to block computer users from accessing Microsoft's Web site along with dozens of other Web sites in order to prevent them from removing the program from infected machines.
"This worm is a criminal attack," Brad Smith, Microsoft senior vice president and general counsel, said in a statement. "Microsoft wants to help the authorities catch this criminal."