Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: PS: Don't open email enclosures, ever.

Author:Dave Winer
Posted:5/4/2000; 7:34:53 PM
Topic:Virus from Manila
Msg #:16949 (In response to 16948)
Prev/Next:16948 / 16950

I don't have a long answer to this.

However, I have friends who are not very experienced with computers, and they're always getting these viruses and transmitting them.

I tell them that I never open the enclosures they send me. I try to explain that this isn't because I don't like them, but because I don't want to get viruses on my machine.

Yet I have been tempted and have gotten bitten. This has firmed my resolve to never open an enclosure. Every time I do it, when the enclosure comes from someone who should know better (like an analyst at a major research firm) I have to wonder whether I should make an issue of it.

I think a very strong statement like that needs to be out there.

I also think it would be nice for Microsoft to have an easy to find control panel that makes it impossible for someone to send a virus through email enclosures. I have no idea if it's possible or not, I'd be happy to learn the issues, but it's a big problem.

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