From: Venkat Manakkal (venkatrayservers.com)
Date: Thu Aug 05 2004 - 11:03:05 CDT

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On Wednesday 04 August 2004 12:33, ERACC wrote:
> > My last resort (administrative) is to invoke the rule that no
> > unauthorized software be installed on the systems.
>
> Do this. This should be a default policy for most businesses these
> days with all the adware, spyware and other trashware that abound. We
> have clients that had to implement this as a policy and tie the
> employees' continued employment to compliance.

You can enforce this using Deep Freeze on Windows and MacOS X. We successfully
use this strategy in a university setting, and in laptops we sell. Keeps the
systems free of viruses, adware, keyloggers etc. If you have a problem, just
reboot. Combined with other good security practices (firewalls, updates, AV),
this is a real timesaver.

http://www.faronics.com/html/DFStd.asp

Best regards,

- ---Venkat.

p.s. We are not related to Faronics other than as a satisfied customer.

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