garagerock
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join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY
| reply to DHRacer
Re: Just the tip of the iceberg...
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and Dell
Uh, yeah. With the right removal tools, Spyware is just an annoyance. I've got 50 Dells running nicely without any Spyware, thank you very much. Don't paint everyone with that broad brush... |
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
 ·Verizon west (ex G..
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| I was referring more to home users, not business users since business users are more aware of the dangers...
I have 350 Dells and 3,000 users (high school) and I've had to resort to including Adaware and Spybot as part of my images, so it can be one of the first things I run to troubleshoot system problems.
Spyware is a major annoyance when you have a couple thousand kids trying to download anything and everything (and yes we do filter and block but there are ways around that).
Didn't mean to hit you with that brush, I think you missed my intended meaning. I wasn't clear about which demographics I had in mind when I wrote it. Sorry.
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elboricua
El Subestimado
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join:2001-08-12
Bronx, NY
| said by DHRacer  :
I was referring more to home users, not business users since business users are more aware of the dangers...
As an IT professional for more than 7 years, I have to disagree with you on that one. Business users are not more aware of the dangers. What they do have over the home user is an IT staff that tries to secure the network from spyware, and a helpdesk/technical support staff to clean the machine if it should get infected.
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
·Verizon west (ex G..
·Charter Pipeline
| I would have thought that businesses would have their employees sign an internet/computer usage agreement that tells them they are not to install other software or download programs from the internet...
We do that here for all the kids (but they ignore it and we can't expel the entire student body) and we also make sure teachers are aware of the facts to help keep the kids from doing it as well as themselves.
But of course we still get teachers who ask if Kazaa would be ok on their computer...
You are obviously the more professional person than I , so despite my explanation of my position, you are probably more correct. I understand your logic and I accept it.
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garagerock
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join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY
| reply to DHRacer
No need for apology; upon reflection, I did misunderstand.
As an IT professional for 10 years, I'd have to agree with elboricua that business users are less inclined to care about what ends up on their machines, as they have said IT staff to fix it!
Again, I misinterpreted your post. Sorry. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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| said by garagerock :
No need for apology; upon reflection, I did misunderstand.
As an IT professional for 10 years, I'd have to agree with elboricua that business users are less inclined to care about what ends up on their machines, as they have said IT staff to fix it!
Again, I misinterpreted your post. Sorry.
Hehe and the way they going all of them will be doing it remotely from india via there nice fat shiny 56k modems.
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