Unit 8 Computers and Security Paage A You Are the Weakest Link, Goodbye.
Do you remember the good old days? Innocent times spent sharing documents and executable files without a care in the world.Okay, every month or so you might encounter a boot sector virusoften without the user even knowing.However, the software must be updated regularly, preferably daily in any large company.Even then, a very new virus can infect your users.With the rapid transmiion of files through networks and the Internet, a virus can spread a considerable distance before it can be identified and protected against.Fortunately, only a few viruses ever do this but the likes of Melia and the Love Bug can inflict serious damage before their progre is stopped.Whilst employees become suddenly aware during the ensuing media excitement, they soon forget about the virus threat as the stories disappear from the news headlines.This is the danger.Complacency can set in when there is no perceived \"action\" on the virus front with no global crisis, and the importance of being vigilant about viruses recedes in your users\' minds.They forget what the big deal was in the first placetechnically, it\'s a \"worm\"that is, everyone to whom I\'ve ever sent a Reply meage.The worm also resets your browser\'s home page to one of four porn sites.This last bit had not happened to mine.Was I spared?
Gingerly, I fired up Outlook and connected to the Net.Fifty meages poured into my Inbox.Most were from corporate serversinforming me that my email was being returned unopened since it contained a virus.The last meage was from my friend Marshall: \"If you don\'t mind my asking, which homepage?\" Double argh! I had spread the accursed worm.I wrote a mea culpa warning, which I mailed to everyone in my addre book: Don\'t click on that attachment!
The worst part was that many of the people I had emailed were newbies - subscribers who had emailed me for help in connection with this column.Most of these folks were kind; only one asked me to remove her name from my addre book.A guy from the Philippines, birthplace of the dread Love Bug virus, wrote, \"It is quite ironic that I got a worm from you.\"
Let that irony be a leon to you: Never open an attachment, even from a friend, unle you\'ve been told to expect it.And always use virus protection.Finally, if you get an email from me whose subject is \"Homepage,\" run.
PB 很抱歉打扰你
你可能想，这么多年了，还用电子邮件传播病毒，我不至于这么笨吧。那你可就错了。
那封电子邮件来自我几十年前认识的一个女人，那时我们只有十几岁，痴痴地相恋着。我敢发誓，自那以后我们仅通过电子邮件的方式联系过三次左右。这最新的信件的主题是“主页”。正文很简单：“嗨！你一定得看看这个页面。真的很酷哦。”签名处是个傻乎乎的表情，一个挤眉弄眼的笑脸 :0)。“呵呵，你这家伙，够狡猾的！”我心想，思绪回到70年那个狂热的夏天···然后点击了附件。没动静了。哦喔。
1979年，我在墨西哥把帐篷搭在了一群行军蚁的地盘上。自那以后，这是我做的第二件傻事了。我的屏幕开始微微发亮，就像尤卡坦的落日。我释放了一个计算机病毒。
我感觉自己像是电影《人间大浩劫》里的博士一般，跟时间赛跑。我打开电子邮件程序，点击“文件”，选择“脱机工作”。我想这样一来就可以切断与因特网的联系，不至于传播病毒，再想办法清除。然后我查看了发件箱。天呐！65封邮件排着队，等着发送给我的朋友们，每一封的发件人都是我，每一封的主题都是“主页”，每一封都有一个附件，像子弹一般充满敌意。
我删除了邮件，清空了回收站，然后上网去找相关资料。我骂自己，怎么不在家用计算机上装一个杀毒软件，然后我得知“主页”病毒是一种最常见的病毒，专业术语叫“蠕虫”，只影响Microsoft Outlook的个人计算机用户，不会破坏我的计算机，但它会很快自动发送到我地址簿里的所有联系人，确切地说是我回复过的每一个联系人。这蠕虫还会把你的浏览器的主页设置成四个色情网站的一个。最后一种情况没有发生在我的计算机上。我是不是逃过一劫了呢？
我战战兢兢地打开了Outlook，联机工作。50个邮件一下子涌到我的收件箱里。大多数是来自Time Inc.等公司服务器，通知我邮件因为含有病毒而被直接退回。最后一个邮件是我的朋友马歇尔的：“要是你不介意的话，我想问是哪个主页？”天呐！天呐！我已经传播
了这个该死的蠕虫。我写了一封道歉邮件，发给地址簿里的每一个联系人，警告他们“别点击附件！”
最糟糕的是，我的邮件收件人很多都是新手，这些订户给我发邮件，要我就与该栏目相关的内容提供帮助。这些人大多数都很友好，只有一个人要求我把她的名字从我的地址簿里删除。有个菲律宾（可怕的爱虫病毒的发源地）的家伙写道，“我从你这儿收到蠕虫，真是够讽刺的。”
从这个讽刺中吸取点教训吧：千万别打开附件，就算是朋友的邮件也不可以，除非你事先得到通知。一定要时时使用病毒防护措施。最后，要是你收到我的电子邮件，主题是“主页”，赶紧溜之大吉。
Unit 5 Ways to Succe课文翻译大学体验英语二
