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Re: THe Value Of Following Standards... (was Re: VIRUS WARNING)

2000-05-04 14:20:05
        So if the users would save the virus to disk and then run it,
what's the savings? 

the virus doesn't propagate as quickly, nor to as many people,
before it is detected and countermeasures are put in place.
yes, this does make a significant difference.

        You could have senders sign any executables. That might help a little,
as long as the sender's machine hasn't been compromised.
 
this would also help, but we'd need a better way to verify the sender's 
signature than we have now.

Keith