Greater Cincinnati businesses have been buzzing lately with word of firms that had not been so lucky. Corporations big and small made headlines and lost millions of dollars to the insidious digital worms. Those that got hit were reluctant to talk about their troubles. All messages should be scanned with the latest anti-virus software. Their incoming and outgoing e-mail is diverted to a third party, such as Pinnacle, that gives it a virus checkup before sending it on its way.
Attorneys there are most worried about sending an infected e-mail to a client.
We represent a lot of financial, mutual fund and Fortune 500 companies, and we are trying to be really scrupulous about what we send out. Because we would be really hard-pressed and have no way to explain why we brought one of them down. We believe it's the responsibility of the sender, and we take it very seriously,'' said Managing Partner Jim Cummins. Of course, he also is worried about the expense of rebuilding his firm's own computer network, should it be hit. Concern over catching a virus is real, not just the product of inflated media coverage of a few well-known attacks, experts said.