Virus Spreading

[dr_roberts49]

I was wondering if anyone felt the same as I do about the issues of spreading viruses via email:

It amazes me how these viruses get spread so easily after all the warnings are issued. Not only in most corporate offices, but also on TV and radio. Not to mention the internet. Despite all this they spread, and I have to think it's the same idiots every time, who despite all the warnings, open up those attached files from senders they don't know.

I know there are newbies entering the world of the internet each day, but I still feel the same dummies are spreading each new virus as it becomes available. I know that I've been receiving the latest "mydoom" virus, and I do what should be done. I trash it.

Maybe if system administrators were given the power to issue fines to users who repeatedly open bogus email, the spreading would decrease. Are they doing it on purpose? Then they are as guilty as the authors of the virus.

Just my thoughts, and I don't mean to offend anyone. Anyone else in agreement? Any thoughts on educating the offenders?

Robert

[Uncle Bob]

There's always the stick method. Once for yes twice for no. Three times to get their attention.

[vass0922]

I think generic email providers should be doing some more too
For a long time providers like Yahoo and hotmail didn't do anything about viruses, they just let you download them and hope you have protection.

Nowadays both of those services have virus protection, but my ISP doesn't (Cox).
I think ISP's should be doing more to protect users as well.
In our work environment we are VERY strict about this, we use multiple layers of protection to clean out possible viruses before it even gets to the users mailbox.

It goes back to the question, should people require a license to use the internet?
Or at least some training?
Would it help? Dunno...

Myself I've been getting a lot of MyDoom in my yahoo box.
In fact it seems the yahoo scanners are so overloaded half the time when I scan a document it fails to scan anything. (unfortunately at this point of failing the scan it gives you access to the file w/o scanning)

I think corporations should get more strict on attachment types allowed
For the love of god just STRIP any and all VBS files!!!
I'm a scripter and I say get rid of them from email!
People like me will just rename the extension *shrug* not difficult.

VBS, PIF, BAT, CMD, EXE files should just get whacked from the very beginning.

[RayH]

Do what? Just hit the delete key. MailWasher works really goodl.