Microsoft VP Suggests 'Net Tax To Clean Computers

Ian Lamont writes "Microsoft's Vice President for Trustworthy Computing, Scott Charney, speaking at the RSA conference in San Francisco, has floated an interesting proposal to deal with infected computers: Approach the problem of dealing with malware infections like the healthcare industry, and consider using 'general taxation' to pay for inspection and quarantine. Using taxes to deal with online criminal activity is not a new idea, as demonstrated by last year's Louisiana House vote to levy a monthly surcharge on Internet access to deal with online baddies."

Comments

Deal.

[Whispers_in_the_dark]

Microsoft should get taxed every time one of their crappy products lets in yet another piece of malware.

Re:In other words,

[Tromad]

Did you just start using computers or something? Does nobody remember Apple computers (system 7 I believe) which would crash and chastise you for not shutting down properly, all the fucking time? The funny thing is that my Windows 7 partition crashes less than my Ubuntu partition and my macbook. It does have to be restarted once a week due to updates; Billy G said that was supposed to be fixed for Vista but they obviously forgot about it.

Re:Dear Microsoft Fuckwad:

[Chris Tucker]

"Wait, you can't get a trojan on your MacOS?"

I Can't. I don't know about you, pathetic loser troll. I NEVER access the Net as root. I NEVER click on attachments that claim to be "NAKED PICS OF (female athlete name here)" and my email app, Eudora, never ever automatically opens attachments or open URLs in Internet Explorer.

"How does your OS determine that it is a trojan and not a remote control app that you want to install?"

I don't use 'remote control apps".

"How does your OS determine that it is a spambot and not a regular IRC bot?"

I NEVER use IRC.

"How does your OS determine that it is a file stealing malware and not a filesharing app?""

I use Transmission as my BitTorrent Client and I ALWAYS have Little Snitch active when online.

In my decades of using Macs, I have encountered exactly ONE virus. It was on a used Color Classic I purchased. The freeware
AV app ' Disinfectant ' cleaned it right up.

Any more questions, pathetic loser troll?