Indeed.

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are times when it is far more helpful NOT to help someone.
> Especially not the way they want to be helped.
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> This is one of those times.
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> You need to be as far from this train wreck as is humanly possible, unless
> you have a desire to be a co-defendant in a subsequent lawsuit.
>  Seriously.
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> This is one of the few times that every single person in an NTSYSADMIN
> thread has essentially given the same advice.   You would do well to heed
> it.
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> Any assistance you feel compelled to provide to him should be done
> verbally, and should consist primarily of, "Here is a person that you can
> speak to who might be able to help you..."     If that.
>
> -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
>
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> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:46 PM, John Aldrich <
> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote:
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>>  Hmm… $350/hour…that’s about 10x what I charge for PC work. J I think I
>> may have to see if I can find out who his lawyer is and offer to help…for
>> about 3 times my normal rate. J
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>> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]
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>> *From:* Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:30 PM
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>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: Ethics issue
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>> Then his lawyer can get a subpoena from the court.
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>> Do not do a lawyers work.. unless you charge $350 per hour ;-)
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>> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:29 AM
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>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: Ethics issue
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>> Well, he says his lawyer wants access to her email and it’s easier/cheaper
>> than getting a subpoena. I’ll check with management and see what they want
>> to do.
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>> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]
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>> *From:* Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:22 PM
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>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Ethics issue
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>> I would not have done that. For one, that is a company supplied laptop.
>> She has no business using, period! Two, instead of a keylogger why didn't
>> you just look at the IE Cache folder? Anything she was accessing would be
>> there, graphics, too. You could have copied this off to a CD for future
>> reference.
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>> As long as she doesn't do any 'house cleaning' on the laptop, all the info
>> is still there on the laptop hard drive.
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>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:15 PM, John Aldrich <
>> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote:
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>> One of my users is in the middle of a nasty divorce with his wife. He’s
>> trying to install a keylogger on his company laptop so he can get access to
>> her email (she uses his company-provided laptop at home) and prove she’s
>> been cheating. Obviously Vipre doesn’t want to let him install it, but I
>> overrode Vipre and told it to unquarantine it. My question is, did I do the
>> right thing or should I make him uninstall it?
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