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Re: and here are some answers [was: Quarantine your infected users spreading malware]

  • From: John Curran
  • Date: Tue Feb 21 08:48:29 2006 
At 7:45 AM -0500 2/21/06, John Curran wrote:
>
>From the web site: "Only a selected set of web sites will remain available, for example Microsoft update and the websites of several anti-virus software companies. The quarantine server tells users what is going on and how this problem can be resolved."
>
>One hopes that the Apple web site and online credit form is included in the list...   ;-)	

Alright, in fairness to MSFT, a pointer to Vista/Longhorn (once available)
and instructions to only enter your Admin password during bona fide sw
installations would also go a long way towards preventing recurrence...
:-)
/John