Dave Fitch wrote:
...snip...
> > You think differently if you looking after a company and
> > 50% of that company is yours..........
>
> what if I tell you that the company I work for did
> nothing at all about it and wasn't affected at all?
I agree with Dave, a good company should not have been affected in any
way shape or form.
I view the media beatup as the boys getting together to cover their
incompetent arses. "It okay if your company gets hits because everyone
else is."
The truth is if your company is hit, it didn't spend enough on
preventative measures, like educating staff, filters, scans, etc.
The old fogies on genealogy lists were hit by the melissa virus and
half the lists's traffic went to waffle about viruses. "They" got
themselves organised and made sure thery were virus aware and could
cope with virus.
Now whenever some "genie newbie" says "virus" they instantly get a
raft of private emails telling them where to check if it is a real
virus and where to get anti-viral stuff, updates and what to do with
it.
The result - I ave received NO, NIL, ZILCH viruses from people on the
genie lists.
If they can do it, there is no reason any company with competent staff
couldn't have done it.
End of case.
It really is a bit like the Darwin Awards (for people who remove
themselves and their genes from the human race through their own
stupidity http://www.officialdarwinawards.com, or
http://www.darwinawards.com) - if your company gets a virus outbreak,
it really is your own stupidity and it deserves to go out of business.
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