i would like to encourage you all to share your opinions on top 10 reason that you feel justifies the need for DLP

Today one of our sites overseas was hit by the confickr Trojan. This was unforturante considering that we had been preparing for this for months and felt that we had things under control. The site admins had not followed our advice and were thus treated to a very unpleasant Monday.

Fortunately, we had already put together a doomsday kit which I ftp'ed them as soon as I got to work and got the alert as to their problem.

The kit consisted of 4 parts:

1. The latest Symantec virus definitions in a self extracting, self installing format
2. The executable for MS08-067
3. The Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool from February 2009
4. A reg hack to disable the autorun.inf function (a documented Confickr attack vector)

At our shop we burned a bunch of CDs for this just in case we couldn't deliver this with NS or DS. Thank goodness we haven't had to use it.

Hi All,

You want your network secure so have to folow the following points.

• File system protection
Consider how your network resources should be protected. All file servers should have an antivirus solution that actively scans the file system in real time so that, as files are modified or added, the antivirus application can quarantine or repair the affected files before they spread to client systems or other servers. The server should also be protected at the file system level in other ways. For example, all Windows servers should use NTFS, since FAT offers essentially no security. You should also eliminate unnecessary shares, require share permissions for all shares, and use hidden shares where possible to further protect the server from worms that propagate through unprotected shares.

• Don't open an attached file if you do not know what it is, who sent it to you, or you were not expecting it (even if it is from somebody that you know.)...

The most common blunder people make when the topic of a computer virus arises is to refer to a worm or Trojan horse as a virus. While the words Trojan, worm and virus are often used interchangeably, they are not the same. Viruses, worms and Trojan Horses are all malicious programs that can cause damage to your computer, but there are differences among the three, and knowing those differences can help you to better protect your computer from their often damaging effects.

A computer virus attaches itself to a program or file so it can spread from one computer to another, leaving infections as it travels. Much like human viruses, computer viruses can range in severity: Some viruses cause only mildly annoying effects while others can damage your hardware, software or files. Almost all viruses are attached to an executable file, which means the virus may exist on your computer but it cannot infect your computer unless you run or open the malicious program. It is important to note...