A General Note

[richardf8]

People who write viruses shall have barbed wire threaded into their Urethrae and out their mouths. Then they should be stripped naked, smeared in tuna oil and dropped into a pit of kittens. After 5 minutes of that they will be ready for their lemon-juice bath.

Comments

[3catsjackson.livejournal.com]

This seems a prudent plan. They'll have comfortable seats next to the spammers and the neocons when the revolution breaks.

(frozen)

[level-head.livejournal.com]

It may be that conservatives are your only hope against such attacks. Ah, I remember the days when computer viruses were the pastime of underemployed Bulgarian crackers. At one point more than 50% of the world's attscks originated from there.

It was a serious problem then, and continues to grow. And serious horsepower needs to be brought to bear on the problem, which will only go away with difficulty and a rather serious change in how we do email.

In short, I am inclined to favor RichardF8's sugggestion -- but only half of yours.

===|==============/ Level Head

(frozen)

[richardf8]

This is a non-partisan issue. I am freezing this tread because I have no wish to deal with partisan bickering over who can more effectively control malware.

[3catsjackson.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that, didn't mean to spark political ranting. We'll leave it at virus authors and spammers. For now. ;->

[richardf8]

Don't sweat it; it was the counterparry that raised my ire.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

You softie!

You mentioned nothing about sodium metal shoved into every orifice.

[mochii-chan.livejournal.com]

that's cause he's busy getting francium instead ^^

[richardf8]

Too hazardous to the person applying it.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

I take it you just got struck by a virus.

It took me a long time to comprehend virus makers, since they seemed to gain nothing but a private satisfaction of success which shouldn't be reward enough for their travail. Then I learned that the most common way they get discovered is by bragging in chat rooms. That settles it: it's vulgar pride, the mother of all sins.

[richardf8]

I take it you just got struck by a virus.

Nope. I'm very wary of things that come in e-mail with files attached. Unfortunately, my ~500 user client-base is not, so the phone was ringing constantly. Made for a very stressful day.