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

[Anthony Jones]

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BillK,

I agree that a virus scanner is part of a comprehensive security policy. It's 
hardly a show stopper if you don't have one. A virus scanner does not provide 
any sort of technical impediment to me writing a piece of software which 
erases all the files on your hard disk and posting it to you in the hope that 
you'll try to open it.

Viruses spread too quickly these days for virus scanners to be effective, 
except to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

Anthony

On Tuesday 19 March 2002 07:58, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> But on the other hand, when all else fails, I want to know that there is
> an ambulance there . . . 
> 
> You would be foolish in the extreem to say "The security policies I have
> in place protect me and there's no possibility that my virus scanner
> will ever see a virus"  A virus scanner IS part of a comprehensive
> security policy!
> 
> BillK
> 
> On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 07:21, Anthony Jones wrote:
> 
> > 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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