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Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us??????
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:01:28 -0500
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:50:48 GMT, "Stephen J. Wilcox" said:
Nor does it stop the user inviting an exploit to run on their PC, eg web download, email attachment.. based on seeing plenty of virused/exploited machines at companies I've worked at which all had AV, FW, NAT etc they still had the human factor who would override a warning because they got sent what looks like a joke email with an attached .scr that later turns out to be a new virus/worm..
The average user will say "OOH! SHINY!! [clicky-click]" when offered content promising either dancing hampsters or pop stars wearing less clothing than appropriate. Any security model that doesn't allow for this is doomed to failure.
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- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Suresh Ramasubramanian (Nov 24)
- Re[2]: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Richard Welty (Nov 24)
- Re: Re[2]: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Alexei Roudnev (Nov 24)
- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 24)
- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Gerardo Gregory (Nov 24)
- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Scott Call (Nov 24)
- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Stephen J. Wilcox (Nov 24)
- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 24)
- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? William Allen Simpson (Nov 24)
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- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Sean M . Doran (Nov 25)
- Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Jeff Shultz (Nov 24)
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