Re: testing my users' temptation to open a well crafted email
From: ---= Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñ0ßí =--- (abuse_at_anarchy.gov)
Date: 03/27/04
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:20:13 GMT
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, "jb" <jbarbett@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi. I was curious if anyone has ever, "Tested" their users' temptation
> to open a well crafted email. What I would like to do is send a message
> from an external mail address that tempts them to click on a link or
> open an attachment. Once the attachment or link is selected, they are
> sent to an internal website that says something like, "You have selected
> a link or attachment that could be harmful to your system, please call
> the helpdesk at ......" Or it could end by saying, "...You did not
> cause any harm today but in the future, please follow these
> guidelines...". After a few days, I can run a Websense report to see who
> selected the link and follow up with them. Please let me know if this
> sounds workable and what ways this could be delivered.
Tell your users to stop using Outlook Express, or anythign else using the IE
engine and you'll end 75% of their virus problems.
For isntance, I use Eudora in text-only mode (as opposed to HTML), do you
know how many viruses I got? None, ever.
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