it's easy to mock Washington State

...after all, the home of Starbucks and grunge rock has much to answer for. But not this time:

The alleged supplier of some of the net's most hated malware titles has been sued by Washington state's attorney general. Ron Cooke, the owner of Scottsdale, Arizona-based Messenger Solutions, stands accused of violating Washington's Computer Spyware Act and Consumer Protection Act for marketing programs that went under names including WinAntiVirus Pro 2007, System Doctor, WinAntiSpyware and Messenger Blocker.

Now, can we get the Louisiana legislature to pass a similar law?