This is a disaster. One one hand, the techno-savvy are
bitching about the idiots who click on email attachments. On the other, Microsoft, the people who make the software, are blaming such things on the user.
I liken this to the 70s generation that first dealt with STDs. Of course, the doctors and teacher were telling kids simply to not have sex.
"My peepee hurts."
"Stop fucking." That was pretty much the advice given.
"Use a condom." That was the liberal mom's advice.
Of course, the kids didn't stop fucking, and only a few started using condoms. In reality, STDs are still around. We just don't hear all that much about genital warts since AIDS and ricin have taken virus celeb status.
I don't think that our parents and other inter-idiots should stop using email all together (stop fucking). It's also clear that a plethora of available anti-virus software (condoms) isn't being used. I do, however, believe that people should just stop using Outlook. What was it, four years ago when the ILOVEYOU virus first exploited the dual suffix attachment bug in that program?
For jebus' sake, people, stop using Microsoft Outlook! Give the computer retards a simple email program that doesn't allow attachments. While you're at it, don't allow them to format their emails, either. If I get another pink-text email from my cousin in Idaho I'm gonna hurl.
And emoticons? Send them to the chamber.
There's no way we're going to get the computer kindergarteners to stop clicking on the shiny buttons promising sex and riches from Mali, but we can at the very least not put them in an environment laden with dangerous levels and knobs. They WILL touch them. The mouse DOES want the cheese. The experiment is over - they can't deal with it.