Standards and procedures are important to all organizations. As someone who worked for a school district and moved to a corporate environment I can tell you that it all comes down to communication and putting it in terms the stakeholders can understand. Of course, you could be in a dysfunctional organization... -Jonathan On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Darin McHenry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks to all for the response. I do agree with the responses of tighter > security and Local admin rights as I once walked in Corporate IT as > well...Then I was introduced to IT in the educational world where standards > and procedures are given away to politics and "nimrods" in higher positions > that do not know or understand Best Practice and Business practice as a > whole...So I tend chase my tail constantly and even feel as if I have gotten > "dummer" over the years. But still I now have a family life and I am out of > the coorporate grind "of crap on whoever to get wherever". > > So to the original question Thanks for the suggestions and Have a great > weekend. > > Darin McHenry > > NY State St. Lawrence/Lewis Counties-BOCES Computer Technician > > Heuvelton Central School District and Library Resource Center > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Phillip Partipilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> +1 on taking away local admin rights. Never have had virus or spyware >> issues. The users may squirm, but in the end, it is not their computer. >> >> >> >> Phillip Partipilo >> Parametric Solutions Inc. >> Jupiter, Florida >> (561) 747-6107 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 3:39 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Antivirus Pro 2009 How can we get rid of it and prevent it >> from >> coming back >> >> >> >> Have you tried the trial version of the list host's VIPRE AV/AS >> software? >> >> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/ >> >> However, cleaning the machine is a band-aid at best. A lot of malware is >> incredibly tenacious; everyone needs to start treating infected machines >> the >> same way you would a hacked computer. You can't trust ANYTHING on the >> machine; you have absolutely NO way to know EXACTLY what was done to it. >> The >> only way to be 100% sure it's clean is to format and reinstall. >> >> The single best way of preventing it from coming back: Take away local >> admin >> from your end users. The principle of least privilege has been a best >> practice in suitably capable operating environments for 3 or 4 decades for >> a >> reason. >> >> Darin McHenry wrote: >> > Recently we have had a several of our XP pro systems get the malware >> > Antivirus Pro 2009. In the past we were able to get rid of this by >> > using a free malware removal tool called Malwarebytes; however this >> > does not work now. Any suggestions? >> >> -- >> >> Phil Brutsche >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> -- >> If this email is spam, report it here: >> >> http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6Nzk2Nzk2MzMyOn >> BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
