{"id":9305,"date":"2017-09-14T20:57:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T04:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/14\/news-3078\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T20:57:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T04:57:56","slug":"news-3078","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/14\/news-3078\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids! Do NOT try this at work!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

This IT consultant pilot fish works at a real estate company once a week, performing SAN management and doing routine updates and security patching on the Windows PCs.<\/p>\n

“I was using my Linux-based laptop to peruse the quarantine area of the antivirus application, checking out the many X-rated and infected email attachments that had been caught and sent to the folder,” says fish.<\/p>\n

“Several employees were standing around watching and commenting on the files. One of them decided to go back to his own PC to check out the pictures for himself.<\/p>\n

“Shortly after opening several of the quarantined items, he suddenly called out, ‘Hey, why is my computer acting weird?’<\/p>\n

“I guess the Linux-versus-Windows security concept was lost on him…”<\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This IT consultant pilot fish works at a real estate company once a week, performing SAN management and doing routine updates and security patching on the Windows PCs.<\/p>\n

“I was using my Linux-based laptop to peruse the quarantine area of the antivirus application, checking out the many X-rated and infected email attachments that had been caught and sent to the folder,” says fish.<\/p>\n

“Several employees were standing around watching and commenting on the files. One of them decided to go back to his own PC to check out the pictures for himself.<\/p>\n

“Shortly after opening several of the quarantined items, he suddenly called out, ‘Hey, why is my computer acting weird?’<\/p>\n

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