Let me put you in the picture...

...let me show you what I mean!

First off, some news-type linkies summarising the fiasco that was Yapbrowser:

Linky 1! (PC Advisor.co.uk)
Linky 2! (Network World, complete with 180 Solutions soundbite)

And now for the notable quotables...

"Steve Stratz, public relations director for 180solutions, said the software bundle with the Yapbrowser was never publicly available. However, at least one copy of the bundle was obtained and eventually looked at by security experts, Stratz said."

At least one...?

In this post, you can see me debate how many downloads there probably were.

All aboard the clue-train, it's likely more than one.

Once again - if the thing was not publically available, why on Earth was it publically available to download? And why did the Yap site put up a message to its "dear visitors" that supposedly didn't exist when this all came to light?

"At least one copy was publically obtained" makes it sound like I went on some kind of Mission Impossible style jaunt, with ropes and masks and bungee jumps over skyscrapers and that. In reality, I heard about it on a mailing list.

Guess that's another bunch of downloads, then.

Sorry guys - if it's online, it's publically available. That's why you have test servers. Then again, nobody seemed to notice the neighbours Yapbrowser.com keeps so I can't say I'm surprised.

As for the Botnet here - it's currently still up. One or two Adware vendors have got in touch about it, and I responded in kind.

Guess who hasn't rang my bell yet?