Damian Slavek wrote:
On Fri, 05 May 2000, you wrote:
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And even then, the script would have to be run...who runs apps or scripts from unknown sources?!?!
From my experiences, when I used to run windows. These email virii or worms are generally received from people we possibly know and trust because we are in their address books. Most average users aren't cautious enough to think
Exactly. But that doesn't stop me from deleting attachments at work. The usual attitude (at work) seems to be: 1. The source is trustful 2. There is "inocculan" running online to check for viruses (3. This is not my private machine) I compare this to running at high speed on a freeway with black ice in winter. You're save, cause your car got break locking systems, belts and airbags. Nothing can happen. And if, -well it's a rental car. Nobody knows the number of systems the little "message mate" has successfully run through and can't tell how many "surprises" it collected in that time. When last year "happy99.exe" was spread on this list by accident, I let it check by our scanners at work: It wasn't recognized.
that their friend would send them a virus. I myself once thought, "oooh, my brother-in-law sent me this happy park thing, it must be pretty cool". I didn't have virus software installed at the time because in three years of being on the internet I didn't get a virus. Big mistake! It's little things like that which make it easy for virii or worms to have such an impact.
And as to "I LOVE YOU.TXT.vbs" is (usually) displayed as "I LOVE YOU.TXT", since the (default) setup in Windows is to hide the registrated extensions, making it look like an attached text file on first sight. The main risk is *not* M$, but the (deaf) thing in front of the keyboard called user. You can talk and talk about basic securety, they don't listen and keep on speading on black ice. Juergen
my 1 cent
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