Brice Yokem wrote in part:
> Their excuse? "Oh, I thought the Virus Scanner would catch it!"
Shouldn't it?

> I personally think it can all be solved with a simple solution...
I keep asking people, "If I ran some company errand in a company van, and
then ran it into a telephone pole, how long do you think it would be before
I was allowed to drive a company van again?", and "Why are those who cannot
suppress the double-click reflex allowed immediate access to email, without
at least being sent to remedial training?".

> ...Arm the IT staff and let them shoot those who do stupid things
> like this.
How about if the culprit were announced, along with the subsequent
notification, usually by email, about what happened? Or give them Pine.

> The rest will rapidly fall into line like the sheep they are!
Likely.

> You would think the perpetrators of this hoax would have gotten the
> message by now?  But I suppose there is always a chance it can catch
> one or two.
to which Jerry Leslie replied:
> The Gibe.b worm is the responsible party for the email you received,
> and not some flesh-and-blood "perpetrator":
I read Brice as referring to the virus author. I am amazed at how many virii
can be handled by keeping one's OS and AV scanner and so on up to date. Not
doing so is rather like aiming for the telephone poles.

Greg Stigers
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