User wants porn

YOU just mentioned Playboy and Penthouse, slimeball!

Oops, I just did too...

Down on your stomach with your arms out straight

Oh crap!

I agree with NeverBusted and Kiltie that a big part of safety is user education. Also a good popup blocker, such as Google Toolbar (in addition to the Windows blocker) goes a long way to prevent a lot of the driveby downloads, that often use popups designed to get users to click on them ("your computer may be at risk!!") and give them permission to download malware.

Other than that, and the use of good ad-ware and anitvirus software, the only way I know of to keep a system secure and still allow surfing unsafe sites is to use a clean image or something like DeepFreeze.

I like all the other posts. Another thing to add ontop of all the normal protection might be SandBoxIE

http://www.sandboxie.com/

A friend was demoing it at a computer meeting.

dlauer

I always liked Penfold better. DM would get too involved in what he was doing, lose situational awareness, and get creamed.

Penfold was always smart enough to duck.

Edit: Read the rest of the subthread. Still like Penfold better! :D

If you don't lock the machine down tight enough he may sue you for stopping him browsing his favourite Porn Sites.

And because the computer is full of Male Ware you are guilty of not setting it up properly.

Two counts of unprofessional conduct that will send you to the bankruptcy court without a second chance of any argument as by not doing as the customer asks you are doing the wrong thing that there is [b]No Defence Against.[/b]

Just another way of looking at things from a [b]Purely Legal Prospective.[/b] After all if you don't do the job properly shouldn't you be held accountable unless you are Microsoft?

Col

We only got electricty a few years back, then telephone lines
(wouldn't work, when the dam sheep keep using them instead of the Gym)

Took us a while to get broadband

and then!!! we had to find summat called computerz to use it.

Right now, I am educating the local population (both of them) out of DOS and Win 3.1

Takes time, you know for us in the backwoods...

...[i]educating the local population...out of DOS and Win 3.1[/i]

Safest porn browsing there is. IE 3, no Java, no ActiveX, no viruses, no spyware, no pictures, no...never mind. ;\

It's great. I needed a laugh today with all the nonsense going on at my job. Besides, as you said, there is useful information in the thread too.

What do you mean, the user doesn't want pop-ups? And here I though that would be a necessary part of the process. ;-)

Edited out

We sell these devices called Windows based terminals. They have an OS burned onto a Card or ROM. Some of the older ones are Win NT 4.0 or newer are linux. They don't have a HD. You can't write anything to them. but they have a browser and can get an IP through DHCP.

Pretty darn secure.

James

I've already had a barrister wanting me to push MS into Court over the EULA on XP Pro as they say it specifically states that it can be used on 2 CPU's. They are taking that to mean that it can be installed on 2 single processor computers and to them a single processor can be a Dual Core with HTT. X-(

Naturally they want me to supply them with the computers setup that way and just supply 1 OEM piece of software for every 2 computers sold to them. I just gave them MS Legal Departments Phone Number and the name of the head of it to speak to. That should keep the MS Legal Department in AU tied up for about 5 years and I'll not have them poking their noses into my business. :D

Better still it will keep those Barristers off my back as well. Honestly the Legal People are nearly as bad as the Bureaucrats to deal with the difference is that they tell you what the law is under their interpretation and expect you to just agree with them. The Bureaucrats just tell you what to do and then complain when it doesn't work. :D

And they wonder why I'm currently not doing any Government or Medical work I'm about to add Legal work to that list in the not to distant future as well. :^0

Col

I didn't want to say that you where just [b]Drooling Over the Pictures or Worse[/b] :0 and that that particular 7/11 went broke because they had all of these Penthouse & Playboy Mags that they couldn't sell or return. :D

Col [i]Insert Angelic Emotion here[/i]

The NoScript extension will keep him safe from unannounced Javascripts. Of course, he needs a good firewall and a pop-up blocker and Ad-Aware and Spybot (yeah, I know, supposedly the same focus -- but both miss things.) If he won't use his tools and keep them up to date, he's beyond help -- as we're all aware. Nothing beats ignorance and laziness for keeping us employed...

Turn on all pop-up blockers; install ad blockers like Spybot S&D, AdAware; virus protection like McAfee and Norton (virus protection ONLY).

Some of this may have been mentioned in other posts and I probably missed it but I bet this hasn't:

Next time you go over to his house, wear a hazmat suit.

tell ya user to get a sheep. they will keep ya grass trimmed, wool for winter use, and they don't laugh at ya or talk about ya, to other sheep...LMSAO...

Peer Guardian 2 from Phoenix Labs, with Avast, Firefox and Windows Firewall works great. Barely a tracking cookie

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Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it...

You folks are sooooooo damn geeky.

Hap
Out Of The Inner Circle
Medion Puters are Better

I agree with TiggerTwo. I mean if your looking for something that is easy for your client to use and understand.

solution???

Pure sin!

most people learn to just ignore me in hopes that I will go away...... :0

Hasn't worked yet.

Thanks for taking the response in the light hearted sense it was meant. B-)

In addition to using ZoneAlarm, (NEVER, NEVER, NEVER! go on the Internet without a firewall!) download and install Netscape browser 8,1.2, avast avp, ccleaner, and Adaware which are all free.

The global security settings for Netscape work great. They include site controls, ID theft protection, automatic browser updates. site blacklist updates, malware/spyware protection, a privacy section where including an option to clear ALL tracks upon closing the browser (cache, cookies, forms, etc.) Although IE 7, Firefox, and Opera offer similar features, they cannot compare. If you want to save the bookmarks, export them to a floppy, different drive or flash module.

Avast offers a few options as standard most avps do not duch as actual Internet protection. Of course it offers automatic updates of the avp signatures and program itself.

After surfing the net, open Internet Options (place a shortcut on the desktop) and clear all cache, history, etc. Porn sites are notorious for placing cookies and OTHER items elsewhere in the directory.

Open Java (create a shortcut) and delete files.

Open ccleaner, analyze windows, then run cleaner. Do the same with applications.

Finally, run Adaware.

It seems like a lot of trouble but its really not. You need protection and the ability to keep your computer clean. After the above proceedure is performed a few times the act will become second nature. I have been performing and the same procedure for years.

One last note, go to HotPOP and obtain a free e-mail address and set the spam controls. Then direct all the mail being sent to that address to an e-mail account such as gmail, gwab mail, or Yahoo which all have avp and spam/junkmail settings. Then your incoming mail is scanned twice by different programs.

Happy surfing and enjoy the sites. :)

In addition to using ZoneAlarm, (NEVER, NEVER, NEVER! go on the Internet without a firewall!) download and install Netscape browser 8,1.2, avast avp, ccleaner, and Adaware which are all free.

The global security settings for Netscape work great. They include site controls, ID theft protection, automatic browser updates. site blacklist updates, malware/spyware protection, a privacy section where including an option to clear ALL tracks upon closing the browser (cache, cookies, forms, etc.) Although IE 7, Firefox, and Opera offer similar features, they cannot compare. If you want to save the bookmarks, export them to a floppy, different drive or flash module.

Avast offers a few options as standard most avps do not duch as actual Internet protection. Of course it offers automatic updates of the avp signatures and program itself.

After surfing the net, open Internet Options (place a shortcut on the desktop) and clear all cache, history, etc. Porn sites are notorious for placing cookies and OTHER items elsewhere in the directory.

Open Java (create a shortcut) and delete files.

Open ccleaner, analyze windows, then run cleaner. Do the same with applications.

Finally, run Adaware.

It seems like a lot of trouble but its really not. You need protection and the ability to keep your computer clean. After the above proceedure is performed a few times the act will become second nature. I have been performing and the same procedure for years.

One last note, go to HotPOP and obtain a free e-mail address and set the spam controls. Then direct all the mail being sent to that address to an e-mail account such as gmail, gwab mail, or Yahoo which all have avp and spam/junkmail settings. Then your incoming mail is scanned twice by different programs.

Happy surfing and enjoy the sites. :)

Does your company have an HR dept , if so check with them to see if you have a Company Policy on sexual harrasment , A company pc user agreement dealing with the proper use of company resources , proper internet usage on company PC hardware. We established a usage agreement years ago ,and while a VP can usualy slip out from under the consequence's of violating the agreement , they have a harder time side stepping rules (feds involved here) in forcing an employee to deal with porn in a work environment.. If your company doesnt have proper usage policy dealing with porn on company hardware.. Now might be the time to start the fight , you have data security , time used to fix hacks and all the time ($) involved and dont forget to pitch the Sarbanes /Oxley implications of the data security issue

So... "this guy I know" runs cheggit.net, it's a bit torrent site, and you can bet your sweet patuttie that if you're spreading the downloading and sharing of these files around to multiple users, the users are pretty quick to point out which ones are corrupt and will ban repeat offenders. It's a whole geek-porn community. They've all "got each other's back" so to speak. Hairy backs and all even... ewwww