On Saturday 31 July 2004 15:56, Jeff Vian wrote: > > Assuming that your FC2 box is also acting as a firewall I'm > > curious as to how your network machines are getting infected. If > > you're not running a firewall you may strongly want to consider > > one. > > > > Regards, Mike Klinke > > Simple answer -- > 1) Uneducated users who open everything they get in the mail or by > instant messaging. > 2) No virus protection software loaded/not updated. > > The firewall would not block mail, and clueless users are the most > dangerous thing on any network. If my memory serves me the msblaster worm spread primarily by way of the MS bug addressed by: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.mspx but you're right that there was a e-mail vector as well. The other person needs to answer my question above before assuming it's only due to "stupid users." Regards, Mike Klinke
