OpenDNS provides similar benefits...
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:27 AM, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > Trying it now. Love the concept—let’s see if it helps. :) > > > > > > > > *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:58 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware > > > > Btw, we update the malware URLs of these rogues right into ClearCloud. > > > > Feel free to and the ClearCloud DNS server as a replacement to your > existing DNS: > > > > http://clearclouddns.com/ > > > > It’s still beta, but I think you’ll find it works quite well. And it’s > free. > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:55 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware > > > > http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/ > > > > Free. And the combination really works. > > > > *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:20 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware > > > > The “Security Tools” malware is about to drive me insane. My users keep > managing to infect themselves with it, and we’re having trouble stopping it. > > > > They don’t run with admin rights, so there’s no real damage done to their > systems and we can clean it up in about two minutes. But the time adds up, > and I’m tired of my technicians having to waste time on it. > > > > Our antimalware software is Microsoft’s Forefront Client Security, and it’s > having a tough time catching this. Every time I get infected, I send the EXE > to Microsoft and they update their definitions—but the EXE’s used by the > malware apparently change rapidly, and seem to constantly be a step ahead of > FCS’s definitions. > > > > I can think of a couple of options that I know would stop it, like blocking > all EXE’s at our web filter or using group policy to limit the running of > EXE’s—but this would also prevent users from doing things like installing > safe plug-ins from websites, so it’s not a first resort. > > > > Suggestions? > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
