> As for work Windows computers, is there a way to lock out users from
> installing (either willfully or inadvertently) new or modified drivers?
If your running a Windows 2000 or 2003 domain, there is a policy
setting for the domain policy that you can set which will restrict the
users from installing any drivers, un-signed drivers or signed
drivers.
-t
On 11/10/05, Tom Rockwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sony's software is only installed on Windows computers. The security
> model of Linux and Mac OS X should prevent this type of software from
> automatically being installed. It seems safe to qualify "your computer"
> to "your Windows computer".
>
> As for work Windows computers, is there a way to lock out users from
> installing (either willfully or inadvertently) new or modified drivers?
> Is there no way for an administrator to prevent this such
> auto-installs (something more robust than disabling autorun for CDs)?
>
> -Tom
>
> Richard Wiggins wrote:
> > This is a brand new development and it is widely covered in the media.
> > Go to news.google.com <http://news.google.com> and search for "sony" and
> > you will find lots of coverage. So far, I do not know of a list that is
> > comprehensive. I would suspect that any recent Sony music CD might be
> > so infected. (Sony owns multiple music labels.)
> >
> > If I were crafting a message about this for end users, it would be along
> > the lines of "Sadly, recent news involving Sony's music division
> > demonstrates that a commercial audio CD can install unwanted and
> > dangerous software on your computer without warning even if you merely
> > insert the CD into the drive to play it."
> >
> > I would hate to have to advise end users to never play audio CDs on work
> > computers, but that's probably the safest advice right now.
> >
> > /rich
> >
> >
> > On 11/10/05, *Thomas P. Carter* <[log in to unmask]
> > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know if there's a list of affected (Infected?
> > Infecting?) Sony titles anywhere?
> >
> >
> >
> > *Thomas P. Carter,** **Ph.D.*
> > Department of Chemistry
> > Michigan State University
> > East Lansing, MI 48824-1322
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Troy D Murray
Blog: http://troymurray.blogspot.com/
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