I had a home user recently showing all the signs of malware. I told him not to use his pc till I could look at it. And he went and made a purchase with his debit card. Against that sort of idiocy, we admins are doomed to fail.
Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: David Lum <david....@nwea.org> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:55:37 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: RE: Intel developing security 'game-changer' You mean I'm not supposed to enter my Visa number at a site that will give me winning lottery numbers on an animated stripper card that includes a free registry and spyware scan and install AntiVirus 2069? Who knew? Dave From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Intel developing security 'game-changer' Well, since the vast majority of infections occur because of social engineering, I don't think it will mean much at all. An analogy might be DEP, which did make some difference - that was something at the kernel. But not a huge difference. I would put this in the same pot. At the end of the day, your users will still demand downloading their favorite crapware, surf porn, and fill out lottery sites online, while giving all of these places their credit card numbers. Alex From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Intel developing security 'game-changer' What say you, Alex, et all. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9206366/Intel_developing_security_game_changer_?taxonomyId=85 Hype? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 503.548.5229 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
