Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neil Point taken. Moral of story: We must not open front doors. ;-) Dan K. At 01:35 PM 10/4/02 +0100, you wrote: >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html