[LINK] Germany pays to clean malware from Windows PCs

[Birch, Jim]

"The German government is teaming up with ISPs to help its citizens
remove malware from their PCs"

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/microsoft-welcomes-germany
-ridding-citizen-pcs-of-malware.ars
or
http://tinyurl.com/ycxtk3h

When the ISP detects communication with a botnet, the user is redirected
to a cleanup page.  If this doesn't work, they are directed to a call
centre.

I be quite happy with any botnet pc being blocked from anything but a
cleanup site until fixed.  Would it improve security or just be yet
another reason to hate the government?

How would ISPs feel about such a scheme?

Maybe Microsoft could foot the bill?

Jim  






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