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Micie7-Oct-04 3:40
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Micie7-Oct-04 3:56
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David Crow7-Oct-04 4:10
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Micie7-Oct-04 4:13
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David Crow7-Oct-04 4:21
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Micie7-Oct-04 4:30
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David Crow7-Oct-04 5:15
David Crow7-Oct-04 5:15 
Thanks, that makes more sense!

Unless you are one with the OS, I don't not believe there is a foolproof way of keeping someone from shutting down your application if they really want it shut down. For the most part, this sort of application works great for the (semi) honest person. If a person is a guru and is determined to play a game, IM, etc, they will find a way around such barriers.

I've run into some tough spyware issues in the past but the one that impressed me most was comprised of two applications. From my observations, it appeared as though each was programmed to (once per second?) watch out for the other so that if one was shut down, the other would start it back up and vice-versa. Given that you can only shut down one application at a time via Task Manager (I'm sure there are other utilities out there that allow this), there was no way for me to shut them down at the same time. After about 45 minutes of trying everything I could think of, I finally rid the machine of the spyware. The guy whose machine I was working on was in awe/disbelief at how deep things could get in regards to spyware and the like. I think a bit of his naivety was removed that day.

What OS are we talking about here? If it is at least Windows 2000, you could put some policies in place that would lock the OS down pretty well. Policies/permissions are a very underutilized feature in my opinion. You can uninstall all but the necessary applications, keep other applications from being installed, restrict access to the CD and floppy drives, etc. All this can be done without an ounce of code.


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Micie7-Oct-04 6:24
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