I missed that also. I would suspect, if you talked to them, that their main concern is someone taking their work and then selling it. I can't imagine them complaining about including it in an open source product like Unattended.
Tim Evans, Sparling 206-667-0509, fax 206-667-0554 -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Unattended] OT: Spyware, Adware, and other annoying software installation pre vention, no-spyware.bat and no-spyware-update.bat Yikes.... Considering that these are registry entries and not scripts or programs I'm a little dumbfounded that someone can claim 'copyright' or anything similar that would restrict its use, it's a registry setting for gods sake. I respect the time it takes them to compile the list into a digestible form though. I would be happy to PAY them for this service as a product. Personally I am more comfortable with restricting activex controls using this method rather then loading yet another program on machines. This seems like the cleanest way Ive seen to keep spyware off of PC's. -Jeff > This looks great Tim and Jeff. But I don't think we could include it in > unattended. From the original link that Tim sent: > > "Important Notes > * These free blocklists are strictly for non-commercial, personal use > only! If you are considering using it for any other use, contact us first. > Don't rip us off or I will feed your organs to "Misty, the killer canine", > in alphabetical order." > > It's not free code... :( Too bad as this would be great for unattended. I > wonder if this can even be used in a corporate setting. > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Unattended] OT: Spyware, Adware, and other annoying software > installation pre vention, no-spyware.bat and no-spyware-update.bat > > > I created two scripts for this. One for use within unattended, the other for > use during login scripts in order to keep the list updated. > > Imo no-spyware.bat should be included in cvs. > > Thoughts? > > ::unattended method > ::begin no-spyware.bat > > :: OPTIONAL: Import www.spywareguide.com's blocklist.reg > :: > URL|ALL|http://www.spywareguide.com/blocklist.reg|packages/spywareguide/ bloc > klist.reg > @Echo off > todo.pl "regedit /s %Z%\packages\spywareguide\blocklist.reg" > ::end no-spyware.bat > > > > > ::login script method > > I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do this but this works great for me > ;) I have wget.exe [ from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ] in my path. > Actually in my login script I map a drive to %logonserver%\netlogon and > change to that drive letter, then disconnect that drive mapping at the end > of the login script. > > YMMV > > ::Begin no-spyware-update.bat > @Echo off > ::********************************************************** > ::*** File Details and Revision History *** > ::*** *** > ::*** File Name : no-spyware.bat *** > ::*** Revision : 2 *** > ::*** Date : 4/29/2004 *** > ::*** Written By : Jeff Black *** > ::*** *** > ::********************************************************** > :: > ::********************************************************** > ::*** Script Purpose and Description *** > ::*** ------------------------------ *** > ::*** Download and import a registry file from *** > ::*** http://www.spywareguide.com/blocklist.reg *** > ::*** to hopefully block 99% of bad activeX controls, *** > ::*** etc that spyware uses to install itself. *** > ::*** *** > ::********************************************************** > if %1.==/?. goto :help > if %1.==?. goto :help > if %1.==--?. goto :help > if %1.==-?. goto :help > if %1.==/help. goto :help > if %1.==-help. goto :help > if %1.==--help. goto :help > > ::********************************************************** > ::*** *** > ::*** Main Configuration Section *** > ::*** *** > ::********************************************************** > :: > :: > set getfilepath=http://www.spywareguide.com/ > set getfilename=blocklist.reg > > ::********************************************************** > ::*** *** > ::*** Begin Main Script *** > ::*** *** > ::********************************************************** > pushd %cd% > cd /d %temp% > wget -nc -q %getfilepath%%getfilename% > if not exist %temp%\%getfilename% goto :noregfile > if exist %temp%\%getfilename% Echo Importing blocklist.reg into the local > registry if exist %temp%\%getfilename% regedit /s %temp%\%getfilename% if > exist %temp%\%getfilename% del /q %temp%\%getfilename% popd > > goto :end > ::********************************* > ::*** *** > ::*** Error Message Section *** > ::*** *** > ::********************************* > > > > :help > echo ********************************************************** > echo *** Script Purpose and Description *** > echo *** ------------------------------ *** > echo *** Download and import a registry file from *** > echo *** http://www.spywareguide.com/blocklist.reg *** > echo *** to hopefully block 99% of bad activeX controls, *** > echo *** etc that spyware uses to install itself. *** > echo *** *** > echo ********************************************************** > goto :end > > :noregfile > Echo. > Echo Unable to download the spyware activex blocklist from > http://www.spywareguide.com/ Echo. ping 127.0.0.1 >>nul > > :scripthelp > echo ******************************************************************** > echo *** *** > echo *** Using this script within your script *** > echo *** ------------------------------------ *** > echo *** Within your script: *** > echo *** call %0 *** > echo *** *** > echo ******************************************************************** > > :end > > ::end no-spyware-update.bat > > > > > http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php has a registry file that > > blocks all known spyware activeX components. The only problem is that > > it is updated frequently, so you would need to work out some way to > > update it, perhaps in your login script. > > > > > > Tim Evans, Sparling > > 206-667-0509, fax 206-667-0554 > > > > > > Does anyone have any tips on what I could do to users computers to > > prevent them from installing software on there computers?!? I have > > had it with all > > the spyware crap that is messing up my pristine installations. Is there > > a > > block list that I could plugin to my squid proxy server? Is there some > > sort > > of group policy I could enforce locally on every machine to prevent any > > user > > besides me from installing software? Is there a way to allow printer > > drivers to be installed in the users profile by the user or will my > > blocking > > any software installs prevent this also from happening? > > > > My network is a NT 4.0 Domain, so no Active Directory. Is there a way > > I could push some sort of registry tweak to handle this? > > > > I know this is OT, but I figure many of us have this same problem. > > Perhaps some default settings could be pushed to the enduser through > > unattended at > > install time to have my computers arrive at the users desks with this > > problem handled for them. > > > > Thanks for your time, suggestions, and ideas... > > > > Michael, the fed up admin. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... 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