On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9/13/13 12:00 PM, Michael Oke, II wrote: > > Admin privileges + Internet access - virus protection = a mess > > Public flaying for having users run as admin. Microsoft should be > commended for at > least disabling the Administrator account by default, but should get 40 > lashes for > having an empty default Administrator password and even allowing empty > passwords at all. > > I disagree that virus protection is strictly necessary on the workstation, > at least > real-time, when the network and systems are adequately locked down. They > tend to bog > down the system and cause users and IT guys pain. Virus protection on > incoming email > at the server level is a no-brainer, though. > > ---------- > Users can bring in anything they want. It is their machine not ours. Going to a website or getting an app or watching images or gifs hooks are opening up to allow infections to pass easier every day. My wife's droid has viruses on it that bring up games and other crap when she reactivates the phone. It is not just a PC nor a WIN OS anymore. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmykyskn0fhq4pm+qupgeaexzmy7t+dwmstaab9cjphr...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
