On Friday 18 June 2004 9:12 am, Simon Fishley wrote:

> When you think about it though - does it really matter if you don't stop a
> virus in an encrypted archive file?  Unless the recipient knows the
> password there is very little risk of damage. Not a very successful way of
> getting a virus to propagate is it?  Unless the body of the message
> includes the password and the recipients does open the file.  IMHO they
> deserve to be infected then :)
Something tells me you haven't seen how effective the NetSky / SomeFool virus 
was....

If we could rely on the argument "you (user) did something stupid, therefore 
this problem is your fault", then around 80% of IT support and security staff 
could probably go home immediately.

Regards,

Antony.

-- 
"The future is already here.   It's just not evenly distributed yet."

 - William Gibson

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