Hello Thomas,
On or about Wednesday, March 05, 2003 at 09:20:07GMT +0700 (which was
9:20 PM in the tropics where I live) Thomas Fernandez posted:
TF> One question to those people who said ion an earlier thread they
TF> don't use virus scanners but rely on "common sense": how do you
TF> tell whether a .doc file has a macro virus if you don't use a
TF> virus scanner? Do you open the file in hex editor and scan with
TF> your eyes? If so, I admire you if you can spot the code faster
TF> than a virus scanner. In fact, I think you could make a lot of
TF> money on TV shows like "Ripley's Believe it or not". ;-)
I simply run MS Office [SPIT!] apps in {DEFAULT} macros disabled! Very
simple! Besides, only ONE person has ever sent me a *.DOC or *.XLS
document. He uses NAV, so I trust HIS A/V setup, since I configured it
for him :^)
If I do get such in the future from an un-trusted source, I will save
it to a floppy and scan it on my 'condom-ized' stand-alone system
first. It runs WIN2K and NAV _only_ and just for such occasions. I
keep a complete 'Ghost' of this system on a bootable restore CD to
restore it in the unlikely event that it gets trashed.
I volunteer in a computer recycling effort here, so I never have less
than 30-40 systems just lying around. I'll readily admit this is a
luxury some cannot afford. Almost everyone I know has at least one
'old system' lying around, and I happily set them up a sacrificial
system if the wish to avoid the performance penalties of A/V software
on their everyday machine. That plus education is the best defense.
--
Warmest tropical wishes,
Spike
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