RE: [ba-poker] please stop using outlook and update your virus definitions

["Dave Horwitz" <dhorwitz(deleted the rest)>]

> 
> There are a huge number of people who are connected to the
> Internet without any IT support at all.  They dial in or 
> they get DSL from their phone service or cable from their
> TV service, and they just do the best they can.
> You cannot expect them to take the sort of steps that would
> protect the Internet from viruses because they don't know
> how and they are not going to learn.

This is true. I think I agree that the masses will not accept
responsibility unless given sufficient incentive. If the feed
to the campaign office had been cut off the problem probably
would have been cleared up within hours. Otherwise, what is 
their incentive to do anything about it unless they are directly
impacted. I think that detection by the network, which would 
then isolate the infected components might work. If you don't 
want your stuff being looked at then use a VPN. "Torpedoing" 
offenders might also provide a sufficient incentive. 
 
> 
> What needs to happen is that all e-mail programs need to come
> with built-in anti-virus software that by default scans all 
> mail and by default updates itself regularly.  When this happens,
> virus propagation will slow to a crawl because the millions 
> of people who don't know any better will have anti-virus e-mail
> "out of the box".

What is the incentive for the vendor? Why add cost to your
product when the masses will turn to the less expensive one.

I think what would sell is the "torpedo" feature. "Someone
spam you? Someone send you a virus? Use our torpedo feature
and teach the miscreant a lesson." 

-Quick