Realistically, the computer security world would be much better if we could eradicate all gulluble members of the population. But you have to give them some credit. Say a person receives this message from his girlfriend with the subject "ILOVEYOU." Natural inclination: "So what does it say?" They open the attachment.

I know, I know; they should notice the .vbs extention, and others should be suspicious when their boss, some distant contact, or a random coworker sends them "love letters."

Oh, well. So we have a trusting (borderline gullible) society. Yeah, you can filter this stuff out to a certain extent. But I suppose education is the key... right?

gwenwyn

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