After reading Adam Scheinberg's original article "The Paradox of Choice" and Kevin Russo's response, I want to add my personal comments to this discussion. I will quote Adam and Russo several times and pick up their arguments.
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Now, let's be fair here. There was an update that blocked the hole that Blaster used a month ago before the attacks began.
It's a different story with Sasser, though, as far as I know.