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Re: Dumb users spread viruses
From: Mike Jezierski - BOFH <bofh () digitalfarmers org>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:12:50 -0600
At 02:46 PM 2/8/2004, Paul Vixie wrote:In this past year's tour of my friends and family, I've taken to removing their antivirus software at the same time I remove their spyware, and I've taken to installing Mozilla (with its IMAP client) as a way to keep the machine from having any dependency on anti-virus software. IT managers are encouraged to consider a similar move next time they're asked to approve the renewal costs of a campus-wide anti-virus license.Do you honestly think that any IT manager is going to be successful getting an entire company to dump Outlook/Exchange and stop using anti-virus software? Do you have an example (within the North American area of interest to NANOG members) where this has actually happened?IMHO, if you can convince an Outlook/Exchange using company to dump MS for email, you can convince them to dump MS/Windoze OSs entirely, which is a much more complete way to solve this problem.jc
As much as I respect Paul's opinions, are you sure Mozilla is viable as a solution to the virus problem? I still fell it's an OS problem. And yes even with Mozilla I still leave the AV software on a client's PC. Lusers still like to click on things and having the mail client /dev/null attachments is not viable as they want their family to send attached pictures of the grandkids.
And JC, yes I am working on getting this company to move from Windows to Mac. Windows users know better than to come to me with their latest Windows Woes. I gently pat my iMac and say "Gee, I don't have that problem" with a Smug BOFH grin :-)
-- Mike Jezierski mike () digitalfarmers org
Current thread:
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses, (continued)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Charles Sprickman (Feb 08)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Roland Perry (Feb 08)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino (Feb 08)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Todd Vierling (Feb 08)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Paul Vixie (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Niels Bakker (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Roland Perry (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Todd Vierling (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Mike Jezierski - BOFH (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Robert Boyle (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses John Payne (Feb 09)
- Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Sean Donelan (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Kevin Oberman (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) doug (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Wayne E. Bouchard (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 09)