Stupid users and their spyware.

[yukichigai]

One of the beauties of the work filtering system is that even though it blocks most of the sites I'd like to read during a long, boring workday -- like The Onion -- it also seems to block most spyware sites. The firewalls, routers and proxy system also do a good job of stopping spyware.

Doesn't matter for me though; I'm not an IT tech.

 

[iamwiz82]

No administrative rights, therefore no editting the registry. Problem solved

 

[imported_Strang]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
No administrative rights, therefore no editting the registry. Problem solved

I wish it were that easy -- our users don't have admin rights and yet spyware runs rampant here.

At least with my gf's family, I was able to educate them w/ Ad-Aware. Now everytime I see her dad, he brags about how many people he's been able to show it to.

 

[neutralizer]

My uncle lets his son use the computer and he manages to accumulate SO MUCH spyware, I don't know how, I bet he just clicks yes to every install-on-demand window.

My dad gets spyware unknowingly...

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: ugopk

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Carbonadium4
You guys have any way to prevent this ? I was going to start blocking off sites off their history list... wasn't too sure if thats a good idea..

yeah,
heres my way of preventing it:

pmalik@imploding adm $ uname -a
Linux imploding.com 2.6.5-gentoo #3 Thu Jul 29 11:53:45 EDT 2004 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1400MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

denys@computer:~$ uname -a
Linux computer 2.6.7 #1 Fri Jul 2 14:55:55 PDT 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
:thumbsup:

bash-2.05b$ uname -a
Linux inspiron 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 #3 Mon Mar 8 15:09:46 CST 2004 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 1200MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Indeed.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
No administrative rights, therefore no editting the registry. Problem solved

Current User registry. Unless you are running locked down workstations where people can't even add icons to the desktop / etc.

 

[KarenMarie]

My dad..hahaha! 71yr old Italian guy, has no business with a computer.

He was so infected with carp, that it took me hours to clean his system. I installed a firewall, and Webroot, and well as spybot and adaware. I told him to run one of them every day. I left detailed instructions. Well, he forgot to update the definations and while he was running the programs every day, he couldnt figure out why he kept becoming infected.

sheesh!

 

[DnetMHZ]

My users have essentially zero web access here, only a few important sites are allowed.
So spyware isn't a problem.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Has Congress done any more with that spyware legislation that is supposed to make most of that crap illegal?

The fact that sopyware will get installed with many programs is usually posted on the install. Its that part most people click on "I agree" to continue with out ever reading.

 

[GiggityGiggity]

spywareblaster and spybot's immunization block a fair amount of baddies from ever being able to install. Combine that with only user rights and you should block 85-95% of that crap. For some of my extremely slow to learn elderly type co-workers, I schedule adaware to run after they leave for the day. I also have to maintain about 50 PC's in a training room that HAVE to have admin access which are always getting infected with this or that. So i just host an image file on our network and reinstall the machines from scratch every time they have a major training in there. I saturate our network, but in about an hour, I get a fresh install of goodness on all 50 boxes(as good as MS can be at least..).