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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. Usually Microsoft is a bad thing...but by jessecurry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have to say that I am very happy with the antispyware package that they have released. It consistently finds more spyware on my girlfriend's PC than any other program I have tried.
    Products such as this, and released for free, start to wash away Microsoft's evil image

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    Those who know, do not speak. Those who speak, do not know. ~Lao Tzu
    1. Re:Usually Microsoft is a bad thing...but by geordie_loz · · Score: 3, Interesting

      actually products like this demonstrate Microsofts development process:

      1. Build Software
      2. Release too early with massive hype
      3. Product flaws exposed
      4. Some company build solution to those flaws
      5. Microsoft buy those companies
      6. Microsoft Software is stapled together with that solution.
      7. two solutions together have more flaws
      8. go to 4 and repeat process.

      There should probably be a:
      9. ???
      10. Profit
      In there too.

      That's pretty much where we're at now. This is all about fixing a problem they created in the first place, and it's more like treating the symptoms not the cause.