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Re: GPO and Fake Antivirus / drive by downloads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Gibson)
Thu May 12 13:33:44 2011
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Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 13:33:08 -0400
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We are not using a GPO for this but one thing I personally think helps a
lot at the client end is having McAfee's free SiteAdvisor browser plugin
installed.... it's saved my bacon quite a few times.
On 5/12/2011 1:14 PM, Don Burrhus wrote:
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> Is anyone successfully preventing the Fake Antivirus, drive by
> downloads, and assorted malware/scareware issues by using GPO?
>
> Anyone got some pointers they'd be willing to share?
>
> -Don Burrhus
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We are not using a GPO for this but one thing I personally think
helps a lot at the client end is having McAfee's free SiteAdvisor
browser plugin installed.... it's saved my bacon quite a few times.
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On 5/12/2011 1:14 PM, Don Burrhus wrote:
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issues by using GPO?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Don Burrhus<o:p></o:p></p>
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