You need to check out Aaron Margosis' blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis. He has some great tools there for figuring out this kind of stuff, including LUA Buglight http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2006/08/07/LuaBuglight.aspx
...Tim From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Google Toolbar remote uninstall Kevin, I'd love to get some details of your solution, as I'm supporting a large pool of developers and I have yet to find an acceptable solution to local admin rights for the coders. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook ________________________________ From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google Toolbar remote uninstall I agree. I've got close to 400 engineers, 200 of them doing development and a ton of unique applications. Many claimed they needed admin. We've found a solution for all of them. All my users are normal AD users. On Jan 2, 2008 10:14 AM, Steve Pruitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have you analyzed exactly what file/registry access is needed, so you could grant just that instead of full Admin rights? It sounds as though that'd be time well spent. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" < [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Google Toolbar remote uninstall >> How did they get it in the first place? If they are local admin's then >> they >> will re-infect themselves again shortly. > > Unfortunatally local admin access is required for many of the apps > they need to run. > We've done tons of research and yelled at the vendors, but to no > avail. The main app that everyone uses is the biggest problem with > needing it and they have 15 years of data in it. No way to get them > off of that.. > > > > > On Jan 2, 2008 8:29 AM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> How did they get it in the first place? If they are local admin's then >> they >> will re-infect themselves again shortly. >> >> Jon >> >> >> >> On Jan 2, 2008 8:20 AM, Jon D <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> > I usually consider google a smart company with smart people, but their >> > google toolbar is almost like spyware. >> > It's bundled in everything, all my users seem to be 'infected' with >> > it. I can't find an easy way to get rid of it short of wasting >> > thousands of dollars in manhours manually uninstalling it from each >> > users computer. >> > >> > I'm wondering if anyone has discovered an easy way to remotely >> > uninstall >> it? >> > How are other company's handling it? Obviously you can't allow it >> > being there's no central management or update and old versions are >> > open to hacks. >> > >> > I would simply remotely DELETE it, but it appears to tie into the >> > windows shell where I'm afraid just deleting it could cause system >> > instability? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks in advance. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > . >> > >> > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> > ~ < http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> > ~ >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ < http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> > ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> > ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
