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Message-ID: <0EBC45FCABFC95428EBFC3A51B368C9502D04AC6@mail.herefordshire.gov.uk> From: prandal at herefordshire.gov.uk (Randal, Phil) Subject: Super Worm Sean Crawford wrote: > Never underestimate the ignorance out in the community.. Nor their arrogance. I had two people tell me this weekend that they had got a virus from Windows Update. No way would they listen to what I told them. And it was a complete waste of time enumerating the various attack vectors which could lead them to believing that that was what happened. Whatever I told them, they still refused to believe any other explanation than that Microsoft had sent them a virus from the Windows Update site. *sighs* And I also encountered a person infected with Netsky.d who has no idea that her PC could possibly be infected without "opening" the virus-carrying email in Outlook Express. The latter person was at least willing to listen. Ignorance may lead to blissful end-users, but for us it's a nightmare. Cheers, Phil ---- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK
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