Comments on: You Can’t Be Too Rich, Too Thin, or Too Careful http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2007/12/03/you-cant-be-too-rich-too-thin-or-too-careful/ Behind the Scenes at Ilium Software Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kevin White http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2007/12/03/you-cant-be-too-rich-too-thin-or-too-careful/#comment-25847 Kevin White Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:25:44 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=263#comment-25847 @peter:

So basically, you want an anti-phishing worm? ;) Kind of like bacteriophage viruses….

]]> By: Peter http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2007/12/03/you-cant-be-too-rich-too-thin-or-too-careful/#comment-25845 Peter Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:25:14 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=263#comment-25845 You know, for those people who will click all links and download anything, maybe they could be directed to a good anti-Spyware program like Spybot or AdAware (and a bunch of others). Perhaps even include some instructions on inoculation and scanning their computer for the programs that are almost certainly present.

I get a lot of forwarded mail from people – so much that some of it goes straight to the trash. I’ve also been impressed with GMail’s anti-spam filters. They catch a whole lot more of that nonsense on a more reliable basis than Yahoo or Hotmail has managed to do so far. I rarely have to find valid messages in my spam folder or spam in my inbox. That’s a huge help in managing my mail.

The security information is helpful, but not completely effective. I seem to remember reading that some of the more clever phishers had managed to mimic even some of those checks.

Now, anyone know how we can make and host a self-installing and running anti-spyware program? :-)

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