Dara IT is an IT service provider. Talk to management, make them aware of the issue, Then they can either specify training for the users to educate them on this OR get a very big stick so they do not do it.
Trying to use a tech solution to this is like a game of whack-a-mole, by the time you've done the th group policy to stop the users Oh look, you have to make another group policy.
Brand Representative for Microsoft. I agree with many of the posts thus far. Look at using software restriction policies. You can actually create a whitelist of applications and limit anything else from executing. But be careful. By doing this you can break a lot of production software and cripple your network. So I don't recommend whitelisting. I would highly recommend an HR solution instead of just a technical solution. This way you get management involved and back you.
You will be amazed after one or two incidents how quickly your network will be clean. I have placed software restrictions on my home laptops more so because of this Cryptolocker after doing so i wasnt able to install Office. Office needs access to the AppData location. I just disabled the necessary polices, installed office, re-enable the polices. It also goes through GPO. Here's what we've done:. When the Help Desk provides these credentials they alert the Systems Team, the password is changed and the new one provided back to the HD staff.
Since the creation of the local user and changing the password can be automated scripting or Group Policy this makes it a simple solution for us. It should be noted that since we went to this model it has helped meet our goals which included blocking unauthorized software and increasing security. Deployment began in late July and the bulk of our users have been on the new system for nearly 2 month.
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Essentially the issue is apparently Chrome and Firefox don't care if you're a local administrator, so it installs, even without elevated privilege. So I tried with Kodi and it didn't download. Assign a rule to a security group or an individual user. Use audit-only mode to deploy the policy and understand its impact before enforcing it. CodedBeard CodedBeard 2 2 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. But yes, AppLocker would be the best path to research out and implement in a new deployment especially if using W2k There are a few ways to do this, but most truly lock a system down.
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