Releasing an antivirus?? do you not remember the absolute noightmare caused first by blaster, and then by naachi as it searched for blaster to apply a microsoft patch?

What if a home made 'teaching' virus was accidentally escaped the perimiter? you may be liable.

The answer is in the title. we must appeal to human nature at a higher, or lower, level than the virii do.

How about the christmas bonus (remember the good days, huh?) being denied if a virus was introduced?

If an amount was budgeted for cleanup operations at the start of the year, everyone in your business would have a target that is tangible, a reason to not get caught out by the promise of britneys melonious baps.

You could withdraw the bonus at a departmental level, or reduce it per outbreak. appeal to the greed. it would be the last time a virus outbreak started in your sales department ;)

surely the cost of cleansing and/or repairing the damage caused by a virus outbreak would be covered by such a scheme, and if not needed, used to reward good behaviour on the part of your employees.

do you think such a scheme has merit?


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