my take on it... (Score 1)

Should a hammer be looked at as a malicious tool? As you stated, software is a tool. If someone wants to use it for more than it was supposed to be used for then they should take all the responsibility for their actions. It gets harder to draw the line though when you talk about things like Viruses. There is no legitimate reason to write that program, so the author should be to blame (but not in whole). It is still a tool, and chances are, the user's going to know what the tool can be used for. So, even in the case of a computer virus, the user should take most of the blame...