Re: can Hopster traffic be blocked?

From: Venkat Manakkal (venkat_at_rayservers.com)
Date: 08/05/04

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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:03:05 -0400

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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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