BRAD SMITH OF MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES ANTI-VIRUS REWARD PROGRAM, 2003-11-05 (photo)

Brad Smith, senior vice president and general counsel at Microsoft, talks to reporters during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. November 5, 2003 where he announced the creation of the Anti-Virus Reward Program to help law enforcement agencies identify and bring to justice those who illegally release damaging worms and viruses on the Internet. The reward program is initially funded with $5 million dollars and rewards of a quarter-million dollars each were set up for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for unleashing the MSBlast.A worm and the Sobig virus. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen JC