Re: Malware (Was: Re: (no subject))

Nothing wrong with an exe getting through. I, on occasion, send things
to myself that are small executables (maybe its a perl script wrapped up
with par, or a self executing zip file). Outlook, being the jacked up
program that it is, just flat out blocks them.

Blindly blocking all .exe, .zip, .<xxx> attachments is just an idiotic
knee-jerk reaction. Much like banning violent video games because a few
of the millions that play commit an act of excessive violence.

> I think that if an exe attachment gets through an e-mail system to the
> end user, the battle is already lost. Whether they opened it or not is
> sort of immaterial. Users will do whatever users do.

>> One of my clients got an email to them from them and it had an .exe
>> attachment. Fortunately, they called me before opening it. Same deal,
>> though.
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