[thelist] Why aren't email viruses extinct? (was: [admin notice, please read])

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 19 22:46:00 CDT 2002


> From: "Sean G." <ethanol at mathlab.sunysb.edu>
[...]
> Why do people still accept email with executable attachments?  Just
> block all executables, scripts, batch files, and anything else that
> might do something without you explicitly asking for it.

sadly, a lot less people have control over it than you might think...

and then ask your average help desk person how many people they
"help" even understand all this, let alone how to reset that feature
(and not come after you when they can't see something they want to
see)...

[...]
> you belong in the unemployment line with ms-sql DBAs that left sa with
> the default password.

why, is "sa" bad?

(yes, that's a joke)

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