PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Internet security for a beginner
View Single Post
Old 25th August 2003 | 03:46
  #6 (permalink)  
Naples Air Center, Inc.
The Oracle
 
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 2,902
Likes: 0
From: Naples, Florida U.S.A.
Binoculars,

I'll tell her to say no to anything she's not sure about and reinforce the notion of never opening an email unless she knows who it's from.
That is the number one way people catch viruses, it is because they open an email from a known person/friend. Most viruses will go in on an infected computer and send itself via Email to everyone in the infected computer's Address Book and then it will go though every email ever sent or received from that computer and send it to all of them too.

You need to explain that she should not open any attachments even if it is from a friend unless you knew prior that it was coming!!!

Take care,

Richard
Naples Air Center, Inc. is offline