On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 10:57:19PM +0100, Hans Wolters wrote:
> Guys/Girls,
> Althoug I appreciate the efoort I will no longer stay on this list. For
> every virus that has been send to the list I see a number of responses to
> complaint about it. Wouldn't it be a good idea to enable a scanner on the
> mailserver?
Which, of course, would be of no damn use what so ever because
the scanner files would never be up to date and never catch things
like this.
For the record... I work for a company that got hit by this
damn thing and it was several hours AFTER we got slammed that the
virus companies had signatures available. And we have commercial
support contracts with multiple vendors. They got blindsided
just as badly as everyone else. We've identified "patient zero"
and I'm preparing some special treat for this individual, IF she
survives the grilling from her managers. ITMT, I've got some people
on my special hit list who were suppose to be security clueful, but
still proved to have a terminal case of optical rectitus this day,
who are going to get some very special and very personal (and very
unwanted) attention from me.
Get real. Virus scanners can not tell you that something is
safe. They can only tell you that something matches a KNOWN cybertoxin.
There will always be a lag and there will always be a gap in updating
and there will always be IDIOTS who think that they are actually
protected by virus scanners and then DO STUPID SHIT. I would rather
they do away with the virus scanners at my office and then make opening
an attachment under Microsoft products a firing offense. On first
offense. And I'll provide the CLUE-BY-FOUR to bat the idiots out the
door.
Sigh... Obviously, I've had a bad day with the MicroSoft Morons
and the Damn-Fool filters at the office today. Sorry for the tirade...
> Regards,
>
> Hans
Mike
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