[Mod. moved to BCP area]
At 11:57 PM 8/23/2003, gep2(_at_)terabites(_dot_)com wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Kee Hinckley <nazgul(_at_)somewhere(_dot_)com> wrote:
>At 1:01 PM -0500 8/23/03, gep2(_at_)terabites(_dot_)com wrote:
>>Most of these recipients who allowed this worm to infect their
>>computer probably
>>would NOT have had authorized those senders to send attachments at all, let
>>alone EXECUTABLE attachments.
>The fact that they are so used to getting attachments that they click
>on one without thinking would seem to indicate otherwise.
Most of them are probably used to getting image or text attachments, or WAV
files maybe, and never dream that these are executable program (or
probably even
how to tell the difference).
I still contend that most users would have a VERY small number of senders
authorized to send the executable attachments, and thus would be spared the
angst of most of these worms and viruses.
This is best addressed within the BCP area. Would anyone like to volunteer?
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