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JohnInSJ
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San Jose, CA
·Comcast

clues....

quote:
As of today we are sending this letter out to inform each and every one of
you that we have agreed that you need a bigger paycheck!
See, that was the first clue this was a virus-email

Second, where the heck was their mailserver-based email attachment virus scanning software?

I'm thinking the local IT guys/gals will quickly become the next disgruntled (ex?) employees...
permalink · 2004-04-06 14:31:31 · Reply to this

KoolMoe
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Re: clues....

Virus scans only work if they have a definition for a given virus file. If this employee created this virus, then there likely exists no definition for it, thus scanners are rather useless.
KM
permalink · 2004-04-06 14:45:52 · Reply to this

jdmurray
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Re: clues....

That's correct. This is a great example of a zero-day virus. Virii scanners are only one line of defense and should not be the only line of defense.

But in this case the only thing that would have worked to stop this virus early would have been user education.
permalink · 2004-04-06 16:14:58 · Reply to this
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