Sircam and idiot users.

[Russ]

Okay, I posted this a while back regarding a mail bomb of Sircam I was getting:



<< HeHe, just found out that it wasn't deliberate. I called the Admin at Oz.net this morning to report it. The address was "becky" aea@oz.net. They called the user to tell them they were infected.

I just got a call from a local customer who owns a business called All European Autowerk telling me that his ISP called to tell him he had been reported because he was infected with the Sircam virus, and could I fix his system.

Damn, that name Becky threw me, it's his new shop secretary. I could have saved myself a half hour on hold with oz.net >>



At the time, he brought the system in, and I formatted and re-installed everything for them. I had also blocked the eMail at my server, so any mail that came from that address would be rejected.

I just got a call from him, and he has Sircam again. His idiot secretary executed a bunch of the attachments for the rejected mail that bounced back!

Russ, NCNE

 

[Nitemare]

ummm, kill her?

 

[WhiteWonder]

thats kinda funny, and sad a the same time

 

[vash]

Someone, somewhere, should put up labels that state something like: DON'T OPEN EMAIL ATTACHMENTS!

Sure, that'll curb some use, but people will open from their infected friends and it'll all go downhill again. Someone needs to shut off accepting the emails, or have a virus scanner checking for it.

vash

 

[TonTo]

how 'bout this, just have a "you can NOT open attachments" policy at work....

 

[BigSmooth]

LMAO... do you think she would still open an attached file called IPromiseThisIsNotAVirus.doc.pif?

 

[yakko]

Sounds like a money making client for you.

 

[Tauren]

That's funny and sad, but like yakko said, you can make some money here.