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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. Micro$oft sponsored idea? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Sounds like this could be a Micro$oft PR dept. sponsored idea.

    After all, thet've been seriously hit by the recent critical holes in their systems and what better way to counter it than just making people believe that there's nothing that can be done to resist attacks. Just live with it.

  2. 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.
  3. 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?

  4. FUCKING MORON by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Why the fuck do you think anyone here would be interested in your dreams?!?!?!

    AARRGHH... there's nothing quite as boring and outright embarrasing as being forced to listen to someone else's dreams.

  5. Re:I have a brilliantly original idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    There's always a hole that cannot be planned.

    This is so very true...