That is an interesting site; for hardening up a specific user's IE on a specific machine, I like: SpywareBlaster from http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
It won't stop the user from going to a "bad website", but will help that IE from getting infected with junk. I believe SpywareBlaster is free for personal use, but $10 for corporate use also gets you automated updates. I also like on IE6 to go into the Advanced Options and turn off: - Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer) - Enable Install on Demand (Other) - Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart) I find that most IE toolbars I find installed (which the third option stops from loading) have been put there by the user to block popups, which are in turn caused by spyware they've been infected with (or as part of a trojan they installed deliberately to get some 'feature'). That said, what I've describes is a one-by-one solution, so that doesn't scale. At some point, I'll get into the very rich Group Policies afforded with XP SP2, particularly the allowing/disallowing of specific CLSIDs. ... and fwiw, I find that this guy's website is the last word in antispyware and anti-banners and anti-surfing-bad-places: http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/ Andrew 8) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Catuogno Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:22 AM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Internet Usage - Monitoring and Filtering Apps Here is the site where we purchased some blocks (free for individual users) http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php This was the file that my guy put together - just copy it into a text file and save as .reg, double click and integrate. I have tested it on XP ONLY. This file works to help me stop the agents from screwing up the machines too easily. It is a bit restrictive. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ex plor er] "DisallowRun"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ex plor er\DisallowRun] "1"="aim.exe" "2"="stcloader.exe" "3"="sahagent.exe" "4"="wsup.exe" "5"="wintoolsA.exe" "6"="wintoolsS.exe" "7"="datemanager.exe" "8"="precisiontime.exe" "9"="gmt.exe" "10"="ymsgr_tray.exe" "11"="ypager.exe" "12"="waol.exe" "13"="aol.exe" "14"="YServer.exe" "15"="Ymsgr_tray.exe" "16"="yupdater.exe" "17"="name of app here.exe" "18"="name of app here.exe" "19"="name of app here.exe" "20"="name of app here.exe" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:06 AM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Internet Usage - Monitoring and Filtering Apps Marc, I would be interested in these keys for some of the workstaions here if you do not mind sharing them. Thanks Stu At 05:46 PM 2/15/2005 -0500, you wrote: >If these are machines that the company owns and you can install them... >I have some Reg Keys that a guy who works under me wrote for windows XP that >blocks AOL-IM download and some others. It also prevents certain >selected sites from being accessed and prevents things like "my bargain >buddy" from being installed. Will really frustrate you average user. If >you can get away >with limited accounts, I can't, I wish I could, but that really makes >it tough for them to screw around. If you want I can share them... > >Marc > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick >Childers >Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:00 PM >To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com >Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Internet Usage - Monitoring and Filtering >Apps > >Sorry for the OT but... > >It seems we have a lot of goofing off during the work day around here! > >Therefore, I am looking for recommendations for software (or hardware) based >solutions for internet monitoring/filtering in a corporate setting of >less than 150 users. Any suggestions? > >Thanks, >~Patrick > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude/McAfee] > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus >(http://www.declude.com)] > >--- >This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type >"unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". 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