The Britich Government has launched what appears to be a very sophomoric site in an effort to help people stay ahead of the bad guys propogating viruses and spyware. It suggests for example that you keep your Windows Operating System up to date. It doesn’t suggest basic things like, use Firefox, Thunderbird, Mac or Linux Operating Systems, etc. I would expect a high school class trying to assemble a site of this nature to have done a more complete job of it.
It promises in the future that it will help avoid virus threats to computers, mobile phones, white goods (like fridges, etc. that can be controlled by remote — can’t you see it, a whole country with ruined Christmas dinners because of a rogue virus turning up the temp on the ovens?). Anyway, I hope it develops, but it appears to us to be a weak effort, probably designed to get someone’s tail off the firing line because they can claim they are working on the problem.
