I think that we all agree that the current outbreak of Netsky, Bagle and others is mainly because users still try to open everything they receive, no matter how weird it is.
Now, doing something really flashy like creating an virus like application as follows:
* it is sent as zipped attachment
* when opened, it brings a huge, clear message, that the user would now have been infected with a virus. A short, understandable message explaining why and how to avoid it would be appropriate.
* it asks the user for permission to forward itself to the users contacts, to help spreading the education.
Would that still classify as virus? Or would that pass as something else?
Would a measure like this be of any success? What other measure could reach the critical user groups?
Probably this has been discussed on some lists already, but didnt find any references.
Cheers Andreas
