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Unit8 You Are the Weakest Link, Goodbye Do you remember the good old days? 还记得美好的往日时光吗？ Innocent times spent sharing documents and executable files without a care in the world. 在那样的纯真年代，我们共享文档和可执行文件，根本没有半点顾虑。 Okay, every month or so you might encounter a boot sector virus - but they were easy to deal with even if the anti-virus software didnt pick them up. 　 不错，每隔一个月左右你可能会碰到一个引导扇区病毒，不过这些很容易对付，就算杀毒软件没有把它查出来也不要紧。 But those long lazy summers disappeared too fast. 那些长长的夏日，悠闲自得，可惜消逝得太快。 Macro viruses made Information Technology (IT) administrators grow up fast as they realized there was a type of virus which could spread very quickly throughout an organization. 宏病毒使IT管理者们迅速成长起来，他们意识到有的病毒能迅速扩散到整个机构。 It wasnt unusual to find hundreds of computers within personal company infected by viruses transmitted via email attachments. 一家公司里的数百台计算机感染了通过电子邮件附件传播的病毒，也是十分平常的事。 The IT staff were amongst the fittest departments in your company, running from Personal Computer (PC) to the next cleaning them up. 　 公司各部门中身体最好的当属IT员工，因为他们奔走于各台计算机之间，清理病毒。 There had to be a better way. 防病毒得想个更好的办法才行。 Companies now realize that viruses arent urban myths, and can have a serious impact on their operations. 各家公司现在都意识到病毒并不是“现代神话”，而确实会严重影响到公司的运作。 They invest in anti-virus software on the desktops, servers and email gateways and even put in place procedures to ensure their anti-virus is up-to-date with the very latest detection routines. 　 他们投资杀毒软件，安装在计算机、服务器以及电子邮件网关上，甚至还采取措施确保使用最新的检查程序，随时更新杀毒软件。 It sounds like companies have put in place adequate defenses to protect against viruses. But have they?　 听起来好像各公司已经采取了充分的措施防范病毒。可事实真的如此吗？ Anti-virus software detects most of the viruses your users are likely to encounter - often without the user even knowing. 杀毒软件确实能检测出用户会碰到的绝大多数病毒，而且往往在用户毫不察觉时就已经处理完毕。 However, the software must be updated regularly, preferably daily in any large company. 然而，软件必须定期更新，大公司则最好是每天更新一次。 Even then, a very new virus can infect your users. 即使是这样，新的病毒也还是可能感染用户。 With the rapi