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"The internet is a wonderful tool that is delivering benefits to increasing numbers of Australian families but the Government wants to find ways to make it safer, particularly for children. This report will assist the Government to deliver on its election commitment to create a safer online environment," Senator Conroy said.

ISP filtering is one element of the Government's $125.8 million Plan for Cyber-Safety, which also includes education, international cooperation, research and law enforcement.

"The next step is to test filter technologies in a real world environment with a number of ISPs and internet users," Senator Conroy said.

Senator Conroy's statements come just days after anti-virus vendor McAfee identified the UPS virus as a variant of Generic Downloader.ab and reported that it was also circulating in a message claiming to include nude pictures of Angelina Jolie. Symantec Security Response also catalogued it as Downloader.Diliv and Panda Security calls the Trojan virus Agent.JEN and notes that it has been in circulation since 2005. The resultant fall-out has been a crippling of a number of businesses both here as well as overseas.

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