Re: spam and adware-spyware and MS Patches
From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 12/23/04
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:44:16 -0700
In addition to Herbs good clarifications/recommendations
the following really, really stood out when reading your post.
PCs are not up-to-date on service.
While having deployed anti-virus and other anti-malware
software can be part of the solution, you also need to look
at the whole ecology
You must keep the client machines up-to-date on service.
Not doing so is inviting things worse than what is commonly
considered as the email-borne malware. This is IMO more
important to address than is getting mgmt to buy into an
anti-malware solution (not to discount the value of that).
Next, you should educate your users since even with the
machines up-to-date on service, and with regularly updated
anti-virus software, some user actions can let in the cooties
that you want to keep out. If the user clicks and oks then it
has been given a grant to do what it wants/can within the
context of the running account.
-- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Security) MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA "gotenks" <gotenks@dragonball.z> wrote in message news:0d9201c4e906$ad3bf5c0$a601280a@phx.gbl... > spam and adware-spyware and MS Patches > can SPAM and spyware/adware be prevented in a PC was all > patched up with the most recent service pack and security > patches from MS? Or does Spam alone bring Spyware/adware? > We have been expiriencing many issues with adware/spyware > on our PCs, i think its because 90% of our computers > arent pacthed up with the most recent SP's and security > patches. Im trying to convince management that we need a > adware/spyware solution. If anyone has some good links on > any of these questions,i sure would appreciated it. > > thank you
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