China Issues New Rules on Fighting Computer VirusesChina has adopted two regulations in an attempt to reinforce the ability to ward off possible computer virus attacks in the future.These regulations come in the wake of the "Love Bug" virus which swept the world several weeks ago. According to the new rules, confirmation of a virus and the effectiveness of anti-virus software should be carried out by organizations designated by the Ministry of Public Security, rather than individuals or any software producer. The Ministry of Public Security, which formulated the regulations, successfully fought the "PINGPANG", the first computer virus to appear in China, with its free virus-killing software "Kill" in 1989. The promulgation of these two rules will help improve the legal framework for virus fighting efforts in China, and put an end to unfair competition among virus-killing software makers. Software producers, because of commercial considerations, usually boasted of the omnipotence of their virus-killing software, or exaggerated the destructive potential of a virus. |
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