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Throttling Computer Viruses

Posted by michael on from the slow-down-cowboy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An article in the Economist that looks at a new way to thwart computer viral epidemics, by focusing on making computers more resilient rather than resistant. The idea is to slow the spread of viral epidemics allowing effective human intervention rather than attempting to make a computer completely resistant to attack."

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  1. Sounds like Microsoft is just right for the job... by CrazyDuke · · Score: 0, Troll
    "...after all, at Microsoft, we really know how to slow down your computer for you."

    /me can see the flames mentioning X+KDE and X+Gnome's speeds being slow as well decending upon him. @_@

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    Any sufficiently advanced influence is indistinguishable from control.
  2. Wtf are you smoking? by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't get the joke there at all. Can someone show me where it is?