Drunken Durfin
10-06-2010, 10:06 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11483008
Virus-infected computers that pose a risk to other PCs should be blocked from the net, a senior researcher at software giant Microsoft suggests
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His proposal, presented at the International Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) Conference in Berlin, Germany, is for all computers to have a "health certificate" to prove that it is uninfected before it connects to the net.
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If the health certificate indicates a problem the computer could be prompted to download a missing patch or update its anti-virus settings.
I love that this is coming from Microsoft. I can just see the little paper clip bouncing up now: "You don't have approved anti-virus software running, I am blocking you from the interweb until you do. Do you want to buy an approved anti-virus package now?"
Virus-infected computers that pose a risk to other PCs should be blocked from the net, a senior researcher at software giant Microsoft suggests
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His proposal, presented at the International Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) Conference in Berlin, Germany, is for all computers to have a "health certificate" to prove that it is uninfected before it connects to the net.
...
If the health certificate indicates a problem the computer could be prompted to download a missing patch or update its anti-virus settings.
I love that this is coming from Microsoft. I can just see the little paper clip bouncing up now: "You don't have approved anti-virus software running, I am blocking you from the interweb until you do. Do you want to buy an approved anti-virus package now?"