At 04:17 PM 10/12/99 , Trembicki-Guy, Ed wrote:
>When I saw that posting, it looked suspicious. I have Norton Anti-virus on
>my NT 4.0 laptop, and I ran live update to make sure I have the latest virus
>defintions. I then tried to examine the attachment, at which point Norton
>popped up and reported it as a virus.
>I highly recommend the Norton Anti-virus product.
>
>-Ed Trembicki-Guy
Ed (et al),
I agree that this posting was a problem, .. and the poster even apologized
immediately afterwards (turns out he was an innocent party).
This begs a more significant question, however, .. WHAT ARE YOU DOING EVEN
CONSIDERING OPENING EXECUTIBLES, .. EXE *OR* VBS?? That is the biggest act
of stupidity on the 'Net today! Here we have a simple policy - NO
executable files are opened on ANY of our machines. If we ABSOLUTELY MUST
HAVE a file and trust the originator (which, as common sense must dictate,
nobody on this list is 'trusted' to THAT extent <g>), we transfer it to an
isolated machine first and test.
There is just NO way to trust someone anywhere on the 'Net to be
conscientious, .. even with the best intentions, as in this case, they
often are innocent parties to virus spread. Only with valid signatures
(i.e. trusted vendors) is it even safe to consider opening executable content.
Of course, .. those of you with Outlook have a problem before you open the
program <gd&r>!!
Lee
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