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Comcast's War On Infected PCs (Or All Customers)

Posted by timothy on from the could-go-badly dept.

thadmiller writes "Comcast is launching a trial on Thursday of a new automated service that will warn broadband customers of possible virus infections if the computers are behaving as if they have been compromised by malware. For instance, a significant overnight spike in traffic being sent from a particular Internet Protocol address could signal that a computer is infected with a virus, taking control of the system and using it to send spam as part of a botnet." Update: Jason Livingood of Comcast's Internet Systems Engineering group sent to Dave Farber's "Interesting People" mailing list a more detailed explanation of what this trial will involve.

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  1. weak dollar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As a typical American with far more debt than savings, a weak dollar is in my interest.

    I must also point out that our national debt is also in dollars.

    To make a long story short, the less the dollar is worth, the less money I owe.

    1. Re:weak dollar by richardkelleher · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Not seeing a relationship between your remarks and the news item in question, but I feel compelled to ask the questions: If your debt is in US $, aren't you also earning US $ to pay this debt off? How then are you ahead when the US $ is weak?

    2. Re:weak dollar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      My company sometimes sells my services overseas. I'm also likely to get significant pay increases in the not too distant future. As long as these pay increases take in to account the weaker dollar's purchasing power, I'm golden.

      Everybody makes alot more now than they did in the 1950s. I don't see any reason for this trend to stop, and taking advantage of it is remarkably easy, irresponsible, and satisfying.

    3. Re:weak dollar by PitaBred · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Actually, most individuals make less than they did in the '50s. It's just that households make more on average, usually because both people are working.

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  2. Re:Seems fine to notify by Hognoxious · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes but no but yes but no anyway it's unconstitutional because what abouut presumption of innocence and anyway she said I'm a slag and I never.

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