Blocked admin installs

[Joe]

There is a KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892375 that describes the
beta as allowing the user to block admin actions. In my
company's case, PatchLink, if an admin tries to install
our agent the user can block the installation. Is it
possible to whitelist applications that should not be
questioned?

Since we are not specifically being identified as
spyware, it did not seem appropriate to use the vendor
dispute submission.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

You may notice, as you install applications, that some applications are
listed as "known."

The current procedure for getting your product listed as known is to use the
same vendor dispute form as is used for products listed as spyware. This
may change at some later date, but at the moment, that's the form to get
that process started:

Vendor dispute form direct link:
(also for "How do I get my app listed as "known")

http://www.spynet.com/vendors.aspx

I would assume that in some hypothetical enterprise version of Microsoft
Antispyware, that it will be possible to block notifications of specific
products--but this product isn't designed for that space in its current
form.

 

[Ron Chamberlin]

Hi Joe,
This version really isn't for Enterprise Deployment. Our Network Admins let
loose with a new script recently and I was able to kill it from my desktop
on each shot...all in the name of good testing of course.

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP

 

[Steve Dodson [MSFT]]

At this time if a script attempts to execute, end users (non-domain admins)
will be able to block it. We will be working to fix the issue in a future
version.

--
-steve

Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

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