RE: [ActiveDir] GPOs for Spyware

[james . blair]

Title: Message

Russ,   SpyWareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html is Freeware/Donationware and can be installed "silently" using a login script using the Inno Setup command line parameter /VERYSILENT eg. code used during a batch:   ECHO. ECHO Installing SpyWareBlaster release 2.6.1 ECHO Please wait... start /wait \\<NetworkLocation>\spywareblastersetup.exe /VERYSILENT ECHO.   The only downside is that you get a popup disclaimer window coming up on the client side machine...   The product is able to be updated however this is a manual process. I would advise a layered approach to this and install SpyWareGuard http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html which is Freeware/Donationware as well and can also be updaetd manually:   ECHO. ECHO Installing SpyWareGuard release 2.2.0 ECHO Please wait... start /wait \\<NetworkLocation>\spywareguardsetupmin.exe /VERYSILENT ECHO.   I have had a look at the licence agreement on these products and there seems to be no problems with companies installing this product, this could however be subject to change:   SpywareBlaster License Agreement   Disclaimer of Warranty: THIS PRODUCT IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, AND, THEREFORE, ON AN 'AS IS' BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR FOR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES THAT IT IS FREE OF DEFECTS, ABLE TO OPERATE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED BASIS, MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. While every effort has been made to ensure the proper and correct operation of this program, you agree (by using/installing it) that you will not hold the author, anyone or any business related to the author, or any distributors responsible for any problems or damages occuring from the use of this program. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. NO USE OF THE PRODUCT IS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER EXCEPT UNDER THIS DISCLAIMER. You agree, as the user of this product, to take full responsibility for any and all actions it performs. Some of the spyware it protects your system against may be included in commercial programs, and you may not be allowed to disable the spyware without uninstalling those programs. See each program's license agreement for details. Restrictions: Without the author's prior written consent, Licensee may not: (1) modify or create any derivative works of the Product; (2) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Product (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction) (3) sell the SpywareBlaster software, or this license, in any way (4) remove or alter any trademark, logo, copyright or other proprietary notices, legends, symbols or labels in the Product   By using SpywareBlaster and/or by clicking the "Yes" button to install SpywareBlaster, you agree to be legally bound by the statements located above and below.   SpywareBlaster is released as freeware. This means you may make copies of the software for backup purposes, give the software to friends, or mirror it on your own site IF AND ONLY IF ALL FILES REMAIN UNCHANGED AND INTACT, AND NO FILES ARE ADDED. If you do wish to mirror this program, please leave a post in one of the SpywareBlaster threads at www.wilderssecurity.com . You may NOT include this program on any compilation mediums where you charge more than the cost of the medium it is included on (i.e. you may not charge for this freeware, but you may recoup the cost of the CD-ROM or other media it is placed on). Again, you must keep all files intact and unchanged, and you must add no files to this distribution.   AND   SpywareGuard License Agreement Disclaimer of Warranty: THIS PRODUCT IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, AND, THEREFORE, ON AN 'AS IS' BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR FOR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES THAT IT IS FREE OF DEFECTS, ABLE TO OPERATE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED BASIS, MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. While every effort has been made to ensure the proper and correct operation of this program, you agree (by using/installing it) that you will not hold the author, anyone or any business related to the author, or any distributors responsible for any problems or damages occuring from the use of this program. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. NO USE OF THE PRODUCT IS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER EXCEPT UNDER THIS DISCLAIMER. You agree, as the user of this product, to take full responsibility for any and all actions it performs. Some of the spyware it protects your system against may be included in commercial programs, and you may not be allowed to disable the spyware without uninstalling those programs. See each program's license agreement for details. Restrictions: Without the author's prior written consent, Licensee may not: (1) modify or create any derivative works of the Product; (2) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Product (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction) (3) sell the SpywareGuard software, or this license, in any way (4) remove or alter any trademark, logo, copyright or other proprietary notices, legends, symbols or labels in the Product SpywareGuard is provided as freeware, and as such no guarantee is made that updates will be provided on a consistent basis. By using SpywareGuard and/or by clicking the "Yes" button to install SpywareGuard, you agree to be legally bound by the statements located above and below. SpywareGuard is released as freeware. This means you may make copies of the software for backup purposes, give the software to friends, or mirror it on your own site IF AND ONLY IF ALL FILES REMAIN UNCHANGED AND INTACT, AND NO FILES ARE ADDED. If you do wish to mirror this program, please leave a post in one of the SpywareGuard threads at www.wilderssecurity.com . You may NOT include this program on any compilation mediums where you charge more than the cost of the medium it is included on (i.e. you may not charge for this freeware, but you may recoup the cost of the CD-ROM or other media it is placed on). Again, you must keep all files intact and unchanged, and you must add no files to this distribution. If you are in a position to help the coder of this excellant product I am sure it would be appreciated. I have no affiliation whatsoever with the coder/product. James -----Original Message----- From: Rich Milburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 8:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] GPOs for Spyware Spybot has command-line parameters but I haven't used them yet   From: Kevin Gent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] GPOs for Spyware   Ad - Aware from Lavasoft will remove everything about these spyware/malware apps, but I'm not sure how easy it will be to automate. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Rimmerman, Russ Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:31 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] GPOs for Spyware After purchasing Patchlink 5.0 as a patch management solution for our 5000 desktops, we have become aware after looking at the "software inventory" feature of it, that a very large amount of our desktops have various forms of Spyware installed on them.  ClockSync PrecisionTime Date Manager SaveNow FastSeeker EBatesMoMoneyMaker are some examples.  Is there an easy way to remotely uninstall applications?  I can remotely delete registry keys, kill processes, and delete files, but this might cause various errors since they're not being properly uninstalled.  Any easy solutions or ideas?   I know in Win2k3 you can create a GPO that is an "unauthorized software" list where you actually put in names of EXE files, but I don't think there is in Win2k.  We're in Win2k for now. 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