Re: Sircam

From: Craig Sprout (csprout@crownpartsandmachine.com)
Date: 07/27/01 

Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010727143147.031a07c0@crownnet>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:37:50 -0600
To: SECURITY-BASICS@securityfocus.com
From: Craig Sprout <csprout@crownpartsandmachine.com>
Subject: Re: Sircam

At 12:29 PM 7/27/2001 -0400, Meritt James wrote:
>How about a bit smarter operator sitting at the workstation? That would
>STOP the virus from being activated, even if it got that far.
>
>Teach operators "safe computer sex" (gahhhhhh! That term!!!!! But you
>know what I mean.)

The tough part of that is that no matter how much you warn them, there is
the element that will see "Anna Kournikova.jpg.vbs" and click on it no
matter what. Their brain never made it past the .jpg portion. Their brain
freezes at thoughts of female flesh.

You could tell them 100 times, walk away, send the virus to them 30 seconds
later, and they would click it anyway. 

---
Craig Sprout
Network Administrator
Crown Parts and Machine, Inc.
http://www.crownpartsandmachine.com

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