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UK Government Launches Virus Alert Service

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:Next story about this will be... by essreenim · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    mod parent up, hehe!

  2. W3C Standards Compliancy by SerialCookie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Although the site claims to be XHTML 1.0 Compliant, when you parse the URL through the W3C validator, it says otherwise, with 7 markup errors. I have emailed them about this matter and currently awaiting a reply.