Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It would take me about four hours to write a virus that would patiently collect all your web passwords as you entered them, wait a descreet interval before emailing them silently to a hotmail address and deleting copies of the email from your sent items folder. For good measure I could open a port on your machine and make your hard drive browsable from the internet - with a bit of extra work I could probably get this past your firewall. After another discreet interval it would delete itself causing no visible harm to your system. NAV wouldn't catch it because it wouldn't have any definition of it to work with. What I couldn't do is make you run it in the first place. You don't buy insurance then not care about leaving your front door open. Neil - -----Original Message----- From: D Khong [mailto:dkhong@pacific.net.sg] Sent: 04 October 2002 12:51 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Virus stuff.... >First Neil wrote: > ><If you get > > an attachment that you didn't expect from someone that you don't know, > > delete it. If it's from someone you do know, ask them what it is before >you > > open it. Simple really and cheaper than anti-virus software.> Then Mark Pope wrote: >Fair point Neil, but I would NEVER, EVER skimp on AV software. It's just >too risky IMO. So Norton AV costs up to £50. There are others that are >shareware or even freeware, so there is no real justification to not having >AV software installed or a firewall for that matter. >£50 is a bargain compared to the disruption and heartache that a nasty virus >that trashes your hard disk, records keystrokes, thereby picking up and >transmitting user Ids and passwords. snip.... We pay for home insurance, life insurance, accident insurance, malpractice insurance and most time we hardly get to use them (thank God for that). For the past one month alone, I have been bombarded by emails with all sorts of viruses and on EVERY occasion my Norton AV has defended my PC against them. I cannot forget that time some years back when my PC was hit by a virus which took me many man-hours and $$$ to clean up by a professional. Why stinge on $50 for peace of mind? My NAV updates itself every now and then and I can really feel completely safe and sleep well. Dan K. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html