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UK Government Launches Virus Alert Service

Posted by Zonk on from the had-this-been-an-actual-virus-pr0n-would-have-appeared dept.

Phil1 writes "The BBC is reporting that a rapid alerting service that tells home computer users about serious internet security problems is being launched by the UK government. Has this been attempted anywhere else in the world? Was it successful? And will they be plugging the Microsoft Anti-Spyware package (once it leaves beta)?"

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  1. Re:doesn't make sense. by 16K+Ram+Pack · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I think the fire issue was more about simplicity. Fire services are one of the few things run by government that ever works.

    The problem with government is that they are often incompetent. That's why as a rule they are best kept out of things. From what I've seen anti-virus companies generally do an excellent job. The fact that there is a competitive market also helps this.