On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 10:15, Peter Evans wrote:
Andre Truter:
Bottom line is that for an office/corporate network, it is just suicide to run Windows without anti-virus software.
OK. But I hope Windows users are expected to think for themselves as well. I was going to recommend that they (and anybody else) should read http://vmyths.com/ but a quick visit there tells me that it's closing. (Damn! Oh well, at least I'll buy one of Rob Rosenberger's CafePress T-shirts.) Anyway, go there quickly, because it does still exist and it's both informative (to my ignorant self at least) and enjoyable. (Hmm, yes, it's time for me to blow the cobwebs off wget.)
Oh, yes, I totally agree that Windows users need to think for themselves, even if they do have anti-virus software installed. Users need to be made aware that they cannot blindly trust anti-virus software. It could be out of date or disabled or something. Even Linux users should be made to think for themselves, because there are a few Linux worms out there and script kiddies are always out there. That VMyths is a good site and everybody that use email should read at some stage. I normally go and look for the hoaxes on F-Secure's page (In my Windows days I used F-Prot) http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/ They have a link to Urban Legends: http://www.urbanlegends.com/ -- Andre Truter Software Engineer Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 AIM: trusoftzaf http://www.trusoft.za.net ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~