MS puts up Bounty for conficker writer(s)

Microsoft has put up a bounty of $250k for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the coder or coders behind the Conficker/Downadup worm. The malware which has infected upwards of ten million computers is one of the biggest outbreaks of infections ever. MS previously offered rewards for the writers of SoBig and Blaster worms and has revitalised it's interest in catching malware coders due to the new worm.
The worm is said to have established a monster botnet but as yet this second phase of nastiness has not gone live. Conficker has been a bit of a nightmare already due to it's multi-vector attack strategy and unwillingness to be removed. Microsofts own Malicious Software Removal Tool however is set up for the task at hand. If you know the coders and you could use $250k you know what to do.
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