Hi, Thursday, May 20, 2004, 1:42:16 PM, graywolf wrote:
> Well, we can be kind of glad. You see trojans are pretty innoctuous, you have to > be an internet idiot to get them. Worms are worse, and true viruses are a real > bitch to deal with as they can latch themselves onto about any bit of data and > get into your system without you having a clue and they usually do real damage. if I were you I'd be very worried about trojans. These are precisely the type of programs that can intercept credit card numbers and passwords and send them to the bad guys. Complacency is the biggest security risk of all. During WWII some German officers were so confident that their codes were secure from cracking that they failed to take elementary precautions, and gave the codebreakers at Bletchely precisely the break they needed. You should assume that your system is breakable and take appropriate precautions. -- Cheers, Bob
