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[quote]Originally posted by KINGofBLEH:
<strong>I have started noting it on the trouble ticket every time it happens. Now they will see in hours and dollars/cents how important the problem is.'
Thanks for the rant.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Sounds like job security to me.
How meany of you are in control of the FireWall ?
Most of them are able to block ip's.
Start by Bonzi (If I will ever put my hands on him parrot/purple gorila or it's creators they will make for fish bait)
Then Gator, and the rest of the ScamWeres.
Add ZD and download.com and all the rest of places where people can get hold of "free softwares".
Block any port you don't like. IRC, and such.
Block Block Block !!!
I mighe be sounding like the BOFH but this is the first step in blocking this ****.
Commet cursor, p0rn sites....
[quote]Originally posted by Quiet Thunder:
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Sounds like job security to me.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That's a 2-edged sword. They might decide it's too expensive to manage and outsource IT altogether. ;)
No worries, I'll just switch to contract work for my company. I'd love it!!! :D :D :cool:
[quote]Most of them are able to block ip's.
Start by Bonzi (If I will ever put my hands on him parrot/purple gorila or it's creators they will make for fish bait)
Then Gator, and the rest of the ScamWeres.
Add ZD and download.com and all the rest of places where people can get hold of "free softwares".
Block any port you don't like. IRC, and such.
Block Block Block !!! <hr></blockquote>
I'm with you. After a virus slipped by because someone though they were "Loved", I block just about everything-web sites you mentioned, even email. So forget about .exe, .pif, .vbs, .bat, .scr, etc (anything that could remotely be entertaining). You can have Word docs and Excel docs because that is all you should be looking at all day anyway.
It may be sterile but we tried the old "Sign this understanding regarding opening attachments and going to unauthorized sites, yada, yada." We were trying to be a little bit Worker friendly, giving them some trust and responsibility.
Guess what? That does not work and creates headaches. So the best part is when these viruses are being passed around via email, I don't have to worry about it. Not because I know they will abide by the rules but because they don't really have the chance to obey the policy.
Yep,
Let's not forget about the Email server.
Filters, Black Holes, RBL lists.
there are also several snifers you can run on the network that will go computer to computer looking for not alowd material. some can even check pictures for the %% of "Pink" colors in them.....