The person that wrote that now has a job at a software firm. I guess it was a good way to market himself.
Also, there is a another version of this virus that can be used to get your financial info. Seems to only affect the Netherlands so far though.
Oh, this past year it took 14 seconds to break in to a Mac while it took 30 minutes to break in to a Windows Vista box. Yep, Mac is more secure.