On 7 May 2000, at 10:53, juergen.braukmann@ruhr-west.de wrote:
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.
We actually came out unscathed. 25 of the messages came to our department before the folx adminstering our mail server 86'ed the subject. No one opened them. We had a few infections from Happy99, and when this happened, I became really relentless about educating my users. Every time I get a virus report, I forward it to our deptpartmental mailing list, along with commentary about using virus software, upgrading signatures, opening attachments, not using Outlook, etc. I also take the time to talk to the users personally, as often as possible, and stress the importance of virus protection, backing up data, putting important stuff on the server, and so forth. I also get them from a purely self-interest angle-- "How much do you have invested in your data, and how much time would it take you to recreate it if it was destroyed?" Then I tell them about what a crapshoot data recovery is from a trashed hard drive is. A little enlightened self interest gets 'em every time ;) Cheers, Dennis "Custard pies are a sort of esperanto: a universal language." --Noel Godin -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/