firebrix
@net.nz | reply to Greg_Z
Re: Beware, you may have "Bagel" in your Inbox
O but we DO read this forum so that we don't have to bother you experts all the time. We read and learn, even if we don't say much.
I've learned so much here!!!!
Thanks to you all
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Greg_Z
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join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL
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I totally agree with you kpatz. Instead of posting, we should be able to track by statics. We all know where to go for the information (those of us that have been here), but when you try to search for something, what you end up getting is headaches, due to it takes forever to see it.
We find some information great, and other that makes you think why it was posted. I do believe my posting is kind of short, but when you get a new user searching for information, and topics such as this brings to light as to how an infection can happen by just clicking on the attachment without thinking.
There are some web mail portals that do not scan the attachments, and having Yahoo being able to scan it for a virus will defiantly help in possibly stopping an infection that can cause headaches, and loss of work due to the time it takes to clean up said infection.
As I have said before, and will state this again "The user is only as smart as they make thyself to be."
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joewho
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Las Vegas, NV | Did see the extention on that attachment? Just curious. I got a phony ms update, and it is entirely possible that someone would open a txt. doc. without thinking. (no I didn't).
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Greg_Z
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join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL
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| said by joewho  :Did see the extension on that attachment? Just curious. I got a phony ms update, and it is entirely possible that someone would open a txt. doc. without thinking. (no I didn't). You are right, due to most people would just click on the file and ignore the fact that the file is actually set up in a way that if you do not have Windows updated with the latest critical updates, or not using some sort of AV software, this stuff can slip through.
BTW, Microsoft sends out emails with MD5 verification
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ghost16825
Use security metrics
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join:2003-08-26
| reply to Mats
said by Mats :
said by Greg_Z : This is a heads up i hope this doesnt become a trend around here.. if it did, the forum would be full of posts where a person received an email with a virus attached.. happens many times a day, no need for a heads up.
Imagine if we were only cautious and on the lookout for malware once a "heads up" for an outbreak appeared in the security forum. If users took no precautions whatsoever and only changed their behaviour once they saw a "heads up" for a new virus variant, they would have an infested and dead machine pretty quickly.
This is especially since most "heads up" posts in this forum occur way, way after the outbreak has occured. However, if we followed the posts in the Malware forum as they occured we would be changing our behaviour just before or perhaps mostly just have the virus outbreak occured. |
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Patruk
join:2001-10-25
Stockton, CA
| reply to jaykaykay
said by jaykaykay :
Hey, guys. What's with you people. This person was posting something they thought was important. They didn't come here to be made fun of, to be talked down to or to be replied to sarcastically, or to be just put down. Not everyone that comes to this forum knows as much as you whom have posted and just maybe his post will help someone else not as wise as you all. Lighten up and remember, this is not a forum for "no it alls" or there wouldn't be a need for it!
I agree. I don't post here much, but I read a lot of the threads, and there are a few people who have a tendency to put people down instead of offering help. |
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