Continued Virus Disruption

This mornings mailbox: exactly 200 emails received of which only 5 were wanted. Of the rest, 19 were junk and 176 contained viruses.

We operate 21 websites and therefore we do have a lot of published email addresses which get picked up and used by those who spread viruses. The perpetrators also generate ficticious name using real domains, which means your name is falsely used and you get a second wave of 'bounced' messages from those who have effective virus detection software is in place.

Earlier this week, Novell published these research findings:

- Two-thirds of employees admitted to being unaware of basic prevention measures.

- One-third said that they were too busy to check e-mails for viruses before opening them.

- 90% believed that they have no part to play in preventing the spread of viruses.

Personally, these findings do not surprise me. I have been around long enough to know the difficulty of giving these issues attention. But are yourself these qustions: How good are your technical measures? How good are your procedures? How well are staff trained?

Contact us if you need help with any of these. Help Us Please!