Preventing the next MyDoom (fwd)

[Tom Legrady]

Perhaps he and his employer should consider a crappy old PC, not 
connected to the network, and a transport mechanism such as a flashdisk 
/ USB memory pen / ... 

That way,   he can move his mail to a system which is welcome to slash & 
burn,  without risking the entire corporation.

Of course, converting the corp to Unix would provide even better 
protection,  since Unix viruses are practically unknown.

Tom

Stewart Sinclair wrote:

> Your points are well taken and it seems so simple and obvious once 
> it's explained.
>
> There is another type of problem besides the dumb user that this "dumb 
> writer" seems to over look.  I have a friend who is  a technical 
> editor for an automotive magazine.  He gets dozens of emails with 
> attached PDF's, graphics, etc. (that also include zip's and self 
> extractors) with minimal explanations every day - that he has to open 
> (and dispose of rapidly) to do his job at all.
>
> He is also at the mercy of the publisher's IT department which is 
> overloaded due to cut backs for his protection as well as being 
> required to use the client software that they choose.
>
> This may be an extreme case but I suspect that there are many such 
> situations on corporate LANs - users overloaded with legitimate 
> incoming mail with attachments accompanied by minimal or no explanations.
>
> Stew
> ****
>
> At 07:53 PM 17/02/04 -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>
>> I sent the following letter to a local commercial newsletter.
>>
>> I thought some TLUGgers might be interested.
>>
>>
>> I just read your column.
>>         <http://www.integratedmar.com/connectit/story.cfm?item=375>
>>
>> You seem to blame everyone for MyDoom except the maker of the
>> fundamental mistakes: Microsoft.
>
>
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