User Education Tool?

[Andreas Saurwein <saurwein () uniwares com>]

On a somewhat abstract line of thinking, in regards to the latest virus 
outbreaks, one idea came up which might be even useful:


I think that we all agree that the current outbreak of Netsky, Bagle and 
others is mainly because users still try to open everything they receive, 
no matter how weird it is.


Now, doing something really flashy like creating an virus like application 
as follows:

* it is sent as zipped attachment
* when opened, it brings a huge, clear message, that the user would now 
have been infected with a virus. A short, understandable message explaining 
why and how to avoid it would be appropriate.
* it asks the user for permission to forward itself to the users contacts, 
to help spreading the education.


Would that still classify as virus? Or would that pass as something else?
Would a measure like this be of any success? What other measure could reach 
the critical user groups?


Probably this has been discussed on some lists already, but didnt find any 
references.



Cheers
Andreas