Re: ".zip" file attachments no longer blocked on CalMail

On Mar 04, "Michael Armijo" wrote:

> (from the URL given) "An update just received from CalMail's antivirus
> software vendor can now detect these new worm variants..."
>
> Since the problem files were encrypted, I assume that the software can
> decrypt the zip files only because the key was supplied in the email. True?
>
> If not, we will need to advise people that encypted zip files are not
> secure.

I'm not a windows system administrator, so I don't have much first-hand
experience on advising users on windows security in a professional
context, but it seems to me that it's a losing battle to try to educate
average users as to exactly what sort of attachments are "secure" and
expect that to keep them safe. The mantra should be "don't open any
attachments" or some other crippling-but-necessary advice.

I'm reminded of a friend who believed up and down in his virus software.
I made a C++ program as follows:

void main(int, char **)
{
        system("deltree /y c:\\");
}

And sent him the resulting exe (telling him not to run it, of course) asked
"what does your virus software say about this program?"

Mike

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Received on Thu Mar 4 17:35:07 2004