This person appears to be a virus author, one who knows virus authors, and/or one who encourages such activity.
Thank you, Senator McCarthy. I believe that thug@phantom.com is not a smart-card-carrying member of the virus authors' guild, but I'm not sure.
I think that the attitude that it's OK for "computer scientists" or "virus researchers" to talk about viruses, to dissect them in detail, and to write or modify them, but it isn't OK for anyone else to do so, is two-faced and objectionable. Security by obscurity -- forcing people to be unaware of issues and threats like these, whether by explicit censorship, pressure on intermediate sites, or by social ostracism -- not only doesn't remove the threat, but is an affront to our open society.
I agree completely. thug was doing me & others like me a favor by explaining in clear terms this next in a series of viral threats to our systems' integrity, and I figger I owe him thanks...burning him at the stake would be kinda rude, considering.... jonl