virus writers

21-year-old Australian Ashley Towns – the guy that created the first ever iPhone worm, ikee – revealed via

Blog of Helios: "It's convenient to blame the virus writers and anti virus software makers but ultimately it is your fault you get this crap on your machine.

You are using a system that not only allows it...it fosters it."

ZDNet UK: "The 'hide extensions' feature, which was present in Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista, is included in the Windows 7 release candidate, F-Secure's chief research officer, Mikko Hyppönen, said.

The feature could allow virus writers to trick users into opening and running malicious files, he added."