Interesting article at The H Security
“In 2010 the German government is planning to pick up the fight against infected home computers. In the first half of next year it plans to set up an advisory centre which will help users purge their computers of viruses and bots.”
The concept is nothing new. 1&1 launched a similar project, which informed users if their computers were infected, earlier this year. According to Thomas Plünnecke, spokesman for 1&1, the company employs more than 40 people involved in countering internet abuse working in three teams. The abuse department analyses around 2.5 million emails per month for indications of potential problems. Since the initiative was launched in February, almost 50,000 customers have been informed that their computer is infected with a virus or trojan.
