SECURITY CAMERA Propagating Viruses - Who Me?

My last opinion piece (Winning the Virus War - But When? July 31, www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2002/07/31_01.htm) resulted in some (positive) responses, for which I’m grateful.

However, it was pointed out to me that in the war against the new breed of intrusive and malicious code variants, I omitted to mention or emphasize the potential threat of web site use or the danger surfing can pose potentially for users. Viruses propagated and spread in this manner need to be eradicated too and can by no means be relegated to the insignificant list of "it's a limited threat so forget it" syndrome. As we've seen, anti-virus solutions per se do not cover every eventuality and need to be carefully supplemented with additional security precautions, such as solid policy ...
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