[Web4lib] blocking myspaceIM

[Anthony Fitzwater]

We don't have this problem (yet) but usually if we do have problems our
desktop security software (Fortres 101) will stop anything from being
installed.  We also use DeepFreeze which is probably the best investment
we have ever made for our PC's.  If they DO happen to install something,
just reboot and it's gone!

Anthony Fitzwater
Systems Administrator
Apache Junction Public Library
1177 N. Idaho Rd.
Apache Junction, AZ 85219
(480) 474-8577

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Wesley Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:40 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org.
Subject: [Web4lib] blocking myspaceIM

Hello All,

Sarah, of Librarianinblack.net, suggested that I pose this question to
you
all.

Our patrons have been obsessively installing Myspace IM on the public
PCs
even though our electronic agreement forbids them to. And, sadly, they
have
a tendency to leave the "run at startup" box checked which causes our
machines to boot even slower. Most of our computers are of a decent
speed,
however, some are slow enough when booting on their own without the
added
weight of another program starting when we turn it on.

I had successfully blocked the program for a while. I added some URLs in
to
our Sonicwall Content Filter that caused any installation of MyspaceIM
to
error out. But now the site has apparently shuffled things around a bit
and
the two URLs that I used caused images not to display on the site. This,
in
my opinion, isn't a bad thing but our patrons tend to disagree.

Is there any way to use the Sonicwall to block MyspaceIM from being
installed without hampering the site's ability to be displayed? I
currently
have an intrusion prevention measure set that prevents users from being
able
to login, but I'd like to keep the program from being installed at all.
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