On 5 Jun 2009 at 5:16, Jon Harris wrote: > The biggest issue I see when dealing with the home/SOHO user is the > REFUSAL by the user to have two accounts on their system. One for > installing software and one for use. I face this everytime I get called > in to fix a system. Two weeks ago I got called into a doctors office > because one of his staff had been browsing the Internet and got infected > by a virus. Not only was the user an admin but the doctor when told > that was unsafe said he just wanted to keep the staff happy and let them > install stuff on his systems like screen savers, and other software they > found on the net. I tried for more than an hour to get him to let me > change all the users out of administrators. He just did not want to > change, he and his users like the ability to install what they see > without thinking of a user ID and password.
Too bad there isn't a formal HIPAA standard that REQUIRES running as a non- admin in all situations where client data is being accesses. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
