Re: Anti Virus: Improving the defense strategy through proactiveness...

From: Frank S (fsexton@qwest.net)
Date: 12/16/01 

From: "Frank S" <fsexton@qwest.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:04:32 GMT

Oh... so you DO live in the real world after all. I was beginning to wonder
:-) Welcome to real-life where compromises abound :-)

-Frank

"Todd Knarr" <tknarr@silverglass.org> wrote in message
news:HK8T7.182050$SF4.6473793@news1.rdc1.sdca.home.com...
> In comp.security.misc
<7B8T7.284706$8q.26326117@bin2.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com> Frank S
<fsexton@qwest.net> wrote:
> > Well, I'm surprised. Surprised that you purchased a product that you
don't
> > think provides acceptable service and surprised that you don't think
having
> > signatures out within hours of a virus outbreak isn't good enough. Not
sure
> > what you really want from an anti-virus vendor.
>
> It's there because manglement has this idea that AV software will actually
> work. And because it's yet another layer in the defense, and there's a few
> people I have to accept mail from who just will not accept that sending
> Word documents and Excel spreadsheets around is a Bad Idea and I need
> something to cover me when I have to open those things using the Microsoft
> tools instead of my preferred methods ( this, BTW, is my absolute last
> resort when nothing else will open the document and the sender refuses to
> send it in a safe format ).
>
> --
> It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations.
> -- JRR Tolkien
>

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