[plug] Rewinding word documents (legal implications, longish, Jeremy please comment)

Anthony Jones ajones at clear.net.nz
Tue Mar 19 07:21:56 WST 2002


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On Monday 18 March 2002 10:21, Leon Brooks wrote:
> * Virus scanners help, but your office may be one of the unlucky one which
>   cops a virus before your scanner uploads a signature for it; often there
>   is a window of several days to several weeks between release of virus
>   and release of signature. Now that you've been told this, you are
>   unquestionably corporately liable if a virus distributes anything from
>   your office. Sorry.

A virus scanner is an ambulence at the bottom of the cliff. They are for 
people who refuse change their security policies and stop taking risks.

Anthony
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