>Brings a smile to one's face, eh? Pity they didn't make the reason obvious by beating him to death with a tin of Spam, of force-feeding him with it.

Sort of literal minded, like the protesters who were throwing jam at BBC for jamming Radio Veronica back then?

>Geez, I wonder what their punishment would be for virus creators!

They'd be temporarily incarcerated until they manage to write a request to have a speedy trial. They'd have to write it on an infected computer, which would shred it every few minutes, or would BSOD, whichever way the rand() falls.