Extroverts more likely to open virus laden e-mail attachments.

“Security executives may be fretting too much about e-mail users downloading viruses from spam, according to results of a unique survey conducted through the use of simulated spam messages containing mock virus attachments.

The survey by Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies Inc. suggests that security managers should target specific types of users, particularly extroverts, for e-mail education. And they should be particularly wary of messages referring to social encounters.

That’s a conclusion drawn from ongoing results collected from companies using free software from WatchGuard’s Web site called ClickAware, which sends out simulated spam messages. When recipients download the mock virus attachments, they receive warnings instead of malicious code, and admins get a record of the event.”

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