Viruses frequently rely on humor. Sex also sells. He asked readers not to share the file with anyone else. Apparently the virus writers had a better sense of human psychology than I do. Money has proven a less successful means of enticing people into opening infected files.
People are very concerned about things like privacy and Internet fraud.
Network Associates' Gullotto said companies are seeking to boost security to quickly halt viruses, by disabling executable files that can carry viruses into corporate email networks, for example. But basic human nature may always give hackers a way around the most robust technological defenses. In many cases, they're deluged by email at work, and they want to read something different from the mundane. All it takes is to get one person to look. Inc. All rights reserved.