Re: Are Antivirus software companies like the Mafia?

From: cquirke (MVP Win9x) (cquirkenews_at_nospam.mvps.org)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 22:29:49 +0200

On Sat, 1 May 2004 19:25:31 +0100, "Bee" <in.my.bonnet@Shangri-La.com>
>Bee wrote:
>> Bee wrote:
>> > The Magnificent *** wrote:

>> > > ...I don't open email from people I don't know so...They will
>> > > be wasting their time if they send me an email.
>> > ...their e-mails did *not* require being opened to discharge
>> > their payload.
>> Yahoo Front-Page News: ..opening an e-mail is all it takes...

>I need to emphasize that infected e-mails can do no harm, until they are
>opened: the activation of these malware requires opening of the infected
>e-mails. My apology for the wrong information posted two days earlier, if
>it has caused panic.

Well duh, that goes for any malware :-)

The point is, bad email sware may "open" malware for you,
automatically, either by design or by defect. Results are the same.

>-- Risk Management is the clue that asks:
      "Why do I keep open buckets of petrol next to all the
      ashtrays in the lounge, when I don't even have a car?"
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