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

Brad Smith, senior vice president and general counsel at Microsoft, makes a point at 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 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