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AU Government To Pilot Target Zombies

Posted by Hemos on from the yeah-i-prefer-to-think-that-means-flesh-eaters-too dept.

msblack writes " Australian news sources are reporting that the communication regulators will begin notifying ISPs of infected customer computers. In a three-month pilot program, the Australian Communications & Media Authority will identify zombie computers and ask their owners to clean them or risk being disconnected. When will U.S. regulators and ISPs get on board?"

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  1. USA ISP's by vasqzr · · Score: 4, Informative

    In a three-month pilot program, the Australian Communications & Media Authority will identify zombie computers and ask their owners to clean them or risk being disconnected. When will U.S. regulators and ISPs get on board?

    Our local cable and DSL providers are always shutting connections off for userse who's computers are virus-ridden. If your PC is acting as an open spam proxy or found to be connecting to zombie-networks, they shut you off, and you have to call to find out why. They recommend a service or software to help clean your PC, and they won't let you back on until you're free of any malware.

    It's been like this for...years?