Thanks to all for the response. I do agree with the responses of tighter security and Local admin rights as I once walked in Corporate IT as well...Then I was introduced to IT in the educational world where standards and procedures are given away to politics and "nimrods" in higher positions that do not know or understand Best Practice and Business practice as a whole...So I tend chase my tail constantly and even feel as if I have gotten "dummer" over the years. But still I now have a family life and I am out of the coorporate grind "of crap on whoever to get wherever".
So to the original question Thanks for the suggestions and Have a great weekend. Darin McHenry NY State St. Lawrence/Lewis Counties-BOCES Computer Technician Heuvelton Central School District and Library Resource Center On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Phillip Partipilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 on taking away local admin rights. Never have had virus or spyware > issues. The users may squirm, but in the end, it is not their computer. > > > > Phillip Partipilo > Parametric Solutions Inc. > Jupiter, Florida > (561) 747-6107 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 3:39 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Antivirus Pro 2009 How can we get rid of it and prevent it > from > coming back > > > > Have you tried the trial version of the list host's VIPRE AV/AS software? > > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/ > > However, cleaning the machine is a band-aid at best. A lot of malware is > incredibly tenacious; everyone needs to start treating infected machines > the > same way you would a hacked computer. You can't trust ANYTHING on the > machine; you have absolutely NO way to know EXACTLY what was done to it. > The > only way to be 100% sure it's clean is to format and reinstall. > > The single best way of preventing it from coming back: Take away local > admin > from your end users. The principle of least privilege has been a best > practice in suitably capable operating environments for 3 or 4 decades for > a > reason. > > Darin McHenry wrote: > > Recently we have had a several of our XP pro systems get the malware > > Antivirus Pro 2009. In the past we were able to get rid of this by > > using a free malware removal tool called Malwarebytes; however this > > does not work now. Any suggestions? > > -- > > Phil Brutsche > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > -- > If this email is spam, report it here: > > http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6Nzk2Nzk2MzMyOn > BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
