[RTC List] 60 Minutes story: The Internet is Infected

[Sean Connors]

Hi William,

I rather agree with you. This didn't even blip our radar either on our 
servers, or with support requests from clients on their own machines/office 
networks.

Frankly, yes, the hype is typically worse than the damage. If folks take 
even easy steps to protect themselves, these things are typically no 
problem.

For those with networks with a higher risk of collateral damage, you might 
want to seriously have your networks scanned regularly by a Qualified 
Security Assessor, such as TrustWave.

Warm regards,

Sean Connors
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Van Hefner" <vantek at humboldtonline.com>
To: <list at redwoodtech.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [RTC List] 60 Minutes story: The Internet is Infected


>
> Did ANYONE out there ever encounter this supposedly killer April 1st
> virus? I haven't gone through my mail server antivirus logs, but it sounds
> like yet another virus where more harm was done through the lost
> productivity and lost bandwidth associated with getting all excited about
> it than could have possibly resulted from any actual harm that the virus
> might have done. I wonder if 60 minutes ever tried researching how much
> time/money was wasted as a result of virus hysteria? I'm guessing that
> probably wouldn't help them in the ratings as much as scaring people
> though.
>
> -- 
> William Van Hefner - President
> Vantek Communications, Inc.
> e-mail: editor at humboldtonline.com
>
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