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Re: Protecting computers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike King)
Tue Jun 14 10:00:31 2011
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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:50:03 -0400
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From: Mike King <me@mpking.com>
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Susan,
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Breeyear, Susan <sbreeyear@smcvt.edu>wrote:
> We don't want to completely lock the computers down, but need to find a
> way to stop people from continually "catching" malware.
>
Are your users Administrators on they're own machines?
If so, removing that privilege may be the first and major step in combating
the issue.
Mike
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Susan,<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 14=
, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Breeyear, Susan <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:=
sbreeyear@smcvt.edu">sbreeyear@smcvt.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex;">
=A0 We don't want to completely lock the computers down, but need to fi=
nd a way to stop people from continually "catching" malware.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Are your users Administrato=
rs on they're own machines?=A0</div><div><br></div><div>If so, removing=
that=A0privilege=A0may be the first and major step in combating the issue.=
</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike</div></div></div>
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