Re:Echoing previous comments, I hope never (Score 1)

It would be nice if our ISPs would take a bigger hand in protecting their users. Handing out anti-malware software is a step, but there is a portion of users who get infected anyway, because of poor surfing habits or ignorance about their own computers. I want my local ISP to inform their clients that they are "infected," at least according to the ISPs definition.

Government regulation? Not the best way to go about solving the problem. Static rules enforced over a wide spectra of communities will create a hassle for innocent users as well as people participating in perfectly legitimate behaviors that just appear to be zombies. No hard and fast rules are necessary, but having ISPs take a hand in protecting their clients would go a long way to improve everyone's security.