The Heartbleed vulnerability has created a massive news cycle, and generated technical risk-based discussions that might actually do some good. But some of these discussions boggle the mind, spreading misinformation in order to generate clicks or sales. This leaves some security professionals caught in an endless loop of explaining the problem while removing false notions. There is no way someone can send you a file and infect you with the virus. There will be no mutations of Heartblee, and there will be unknown mutations that might force you to reactively patch your devices.”]