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The users will try it anyway
I have a small user base (50 60) and no matter what I tell them about virus messages they still continue to open the obvious email.
All emails are scanned for viruses anyway, so generally the emails are clean by the time the messages gets to the desk.
I still have people sending me messages asking me what the message is and why they can't open it.

I would imagine that one glorious day we will have a safe and stable user friendly PC environment, but until then the users will always be curious and there is little we can do about it, short of completely locking down workstations.
We don't always have the time or the tools to manage these problems.
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First article is from 2001?  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
Wrong Distro.....  puckvader | 03/08/04
a upnp exploit?  ryusen | 03/08/04
One that was patched a long time ago.  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
Here's an option for handling these things  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/08/04
exe files in e-mail  Louis Ross Focke | 03/08/04
Admin Privileges  vferrara | 03/08/04
XP is admin by default  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
re: XP is admin by default  B.O.F.H. | 03/08/04
XP and Administator Account  Gungnir | 03/08/04
It's still 'administrator'  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
what you need to do is:  ryusen | 03/08/04
Good idea.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 03/08/04
Can you say application software?  vferrara | 03/09/04
you don't understand  stephen732@... | 03/09/04
why?  ryusen | 03/09/04
scared?  stephen732@... | 03/09/04
re: sacred?  ryusen | 03/10/04
There is software to do this now  jfrankcarr | 03/09/04
longhorn...  ryusen | 03/09/04
ISPs need to just filter out EXE files....  wayne.p | 03/09/04
You haven't seen the latest trick !!!  RBrown72002 | 03/11/04
Please, IPSs do this!!!  middle of nowhere | 03/08/04
A better solution ...  George Jay | 03/08/04
Agreed, but...  vferrara | 03/08/04
The Commodity Test  Harry Bardal | 03/08/04
No, thanks.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 03/08/04
Not necessarily via email  WendellB | 03/08/04
Dear John  idnew2011@... | 03/08/04
MS does NOT update by email, case closed  idnew2011@... | 03/08/04
The users will try it anyway  Nobeel | 03/08/04
Why Earthlink lost 2 business days (last week)?  Vily Clay | 03/08/04
They DO notify by email...  Jose Jimenez | 03/08/04
Re: They DO notify by email...  johngalt@... | 03/08/04
Like a paperclip in a light socket  moodytx | 03/08/04
I'm With Ya !!!  nikoli | 03/08/04
Why you should care  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
Still Do NOT care in the least  nikoli | 03/08/04
Re: Why you should care  middle of nowhere | 03/08/04
Yes but it's not only the home users  bob@... | 03/08/04
See, Now You're Learning  nikoli | 03/08/04
That's why  michael-t | 03/08/04
Re: Like a paperclip in a light socket  middle of nowhere | 03/08/04
Crashes  nikoli | 03/09/04
Free Anti-Virus from a major software company  dgspencer | 03/08/04
Free AV  jonbjerke | 03/08/04
i use linux so .....  Iain_Peters | 03/08/04
Linux will in due time  WildArmX2 | 03/10/04
Free anti-virus from Computer Associates and Linux is NOT the answer  idnew2025@... | 03/08/04
Agreed  nikoli | 03/09/04
Tall heap of  michael-t | 03/08/04
Answer to "I use Linux"  Ed Lada | 03/11/04

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