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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. Better suggestion! by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    They could come up with a color-coded "Virus Threat Advisory System". Just off the top of my head, they could use something like:

    Low = Green
    Guarded = Blue
    Elevated = Yellow
    High = Orange
    Severe = Red

    Who the hell knows what users should do at each of these levels, but at least they'd be using techniques that have been used in other successful alert systems.

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    I'm a big tall mofo.
  2. Re:Next story about this will be... by ggvaidya · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here.

    Obviously, the next story will be this story posted again by another editor. :)