RE: Here is a real reality check for every PC user...

["Chuck Lewis" <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What fun, eh ?

Sad thing is, at this point in time you would THINK things should have
gotten better then they were, say 5 years ago; but I really think they have
gotten worse. These new methods of penetration are much harder to detect
(root kits) and tend to hid better (i.e. the viruses are NOT trashing the
system but rather planting back doors and key loggers for spamming, identity
theft, etc).

Chuck

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Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Here is a real reality check for every PC user...

I agree with that. I did a project for a park authority once (lots of
political posturing and such) and one of the board members (lawyer by
trade) got in my face and demanded that I guarantee that the system I
had just established (VPN over the Internet) was absolutely hacker
proof. I refused to do so and told him that any computer system that's
attached to a network can be compromised. It's just a matter of time,
talent and resources.