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Old 01-05-2006, 02:32 AM
R. McCarty
 
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Default Re: Spy Sheriff - so how do people get infected w/ this thing?

Correction - Last line should read "the user ISN'T', instead of is.

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:...
>I wasn't taking exception to your analysis - just that these jackasses
> are always looking for new ways to get a toe hold on a computer.
> Build the wall higher and they dig under it. Make it thicker and they
> use a software trampoline to jump over. I agree that most Malware
> gets on from bad browsing or download habits. The best Security
> software in the world can't stop the "This is dangerous !" and they
> go right ahead and Click into - Poker, Porno and "Freebies". Trying
> to keep a PC "Safe-&-Secure" takes as much time as you spend
> actually using the thing. You can teach a PC, unfortunately the user
> is quite as quick a learner.
>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
> news:eLkOH16DGHA.2292@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> R. McCarty wrote:
>>> What about the latest Wmf exposure with IE ? - If I understand it
>>> correctly, it requires only the visiting of an infected web site.
>>> Here's an interesting FAQ on it:
>>> http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?rss&storyid=994
>>>
>>>

>>
>> I never claimed that the danger didn't exist, only that it was a
>> relatively rare, compared to the malware distributors who rely upon the
>> uninformed or lazy consumer.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>>
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>> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
>> both at once. - RAH

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