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San Francisco(US) Feb 16: Microsoft has advocated fighting pernicious computer viruses with public health tactics used to stop the spread of SARS, H1N1 and other dangerous real world bugs.
Computers could be granted health certificates to be used online to show they were checked for viruses, Microsoft vice president of Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney said at a RSA computer security gathering here yesterday.
"There are a lot of parallels to the health model," Charney said.
"In public health we give people advice like wash your hands to stay safe or get vaccinations," he continued.
"We can do that in the Internet world as well, and if your computer is sick we give you treatment."
Computer versions of public health notices could include the importance of running updated anti-virus software or warnings about the latest malicious software spreading online.
Computers could be granted health certificates to be used online to show they were checked for viruses, Microsoft vice president of Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney said at a RSA computer security gathering here yesterday.
"There are a lot of parallels to the health model," Charney said.
"In public health we give people advice like wash your hands to stay safe or get vaccinations," he continued.
"We can do that in the Internet world as well, and if your computer is sick we give you treatment."
Computer versions of public health notices could include the importance of running updated anti-virus software or warnings about the latest malicious software spreading online.
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