It also carried a hidden message to taunt Microsoft's chairman: "Billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!"
Microsoft doesn't take the taunt personally, said Sundwall.
"Certainly we have had our naysayers in the past and I think those who have an ax to grind and happen to know how to write some code sometimes choose this mechanism to exhibit their frustration," he said.
Sundwall noted that Microsoft has been trying to make its software more secure, even before the "Trustworthy Computing" memo that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates sent last January, emphasizing the need for security and spawning months of training for developers on how to tighten up their code.
Despite that initiative, the flaw appeared in Windows Server 2003, the first new operating system to come out since the Trustworthy Computing campaign began.
Sundwall said there's more work to be done, and that Microsoft is looking for any ways to improve its security.
"Most people would agree while we have a long way to go ... we've come a long way," Sundwall said.
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