View Full Version : UK government launches virus alert site
tcmahoney
27 Feb 2005, 03:47 AM
ITsafe (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20050225/tc_nf/30681&e=3) is what it's called.
I like the "safe word" feature.
Dave_M
27 Feb 2005, 01:15 PM
Awareness is half the battle but im not sure its a battle that can be won.
Firm I used to work at...IT guys used to regularly send out "spoof" emails with a body text saying something like "Anti Virus has detected attachemnt infect with the blah virus. Delete email immediatly. Do not open." etc etc.
Attachement was a VBScript file that basically used to send the IT bods your username if you opened it.
some 38% of all employs opened the attachment.
Comical really :)
tcmahoney
27 Feb 2005, 02:11 PM
Awareness is half the battle but im not sure its a battle that can be won.
Firm I used to work at...IT guys used to regularly send out "spoof" emails with a body text saying something like "Anti Virus has detected attachemnt infect with the blah virus. Delete email immediatly. Do not open." etc etc.
Attachement was a VBScript file that basically used to send the IT bods your username if you opened it.
some 38% of all employs opened the attachment.
Comical really :)
No kidding. But look at the bright side: If you guys need to downsize, you now know where to look first.