Time and time again I have told my employees not to use the internet for personal purposes at work, not even on a break. Our computers are networked and one little virus could hurt us badly! Anyway, of course they know how to delete their history and so they have been. But I know for a fact they are still using it. The proof is not there though because of the deleted history. Is there a program I can install to monitor them? Don't they make those sorts of things for parents? Help! Thanks!
2006-09-15 07:00:31 · 14 answers · asked by Cecilia 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I just want to verify something - they are NOT getting their work done! Believe me, I hate to make their jobs worse but we are so busy they shouldn't have time to even check their email. And every one of them has internet service in their homes and every one of them have computers at home that I have given to them from our office.
If a virus wiped our system out somehow (we do spend a lot of money on protection though) they would probably lose their jobs!
2006-09-15 07:16:35 · update #1
I've used Track4Win and its pretty good but takes a bit to setup..
If setting up stuff is not your cup of tea then look into screen-capture programs. They run without the user knowing and takes pictures of their desktop at intervals that you set. Like once every 30 seconds. It stores the pictures in locations you specify. Then its a matter of going through the screen shots and time stamps, then docking them for stealing from you.
Something like this
http://www.spyarsenal.com/desktop-spy-agent/
Or this
http://www.brothersoft.com/security/miscellaneous/desktop_spy_7950.html
The cool thing about these programs aside from being easy to setup. Is that you can set them up on one machine....Who you suspect. Then once they have been disciplined, you can move to another machine. They will never know its running, even spyware scanners miss these. Just make sure that you review the pcitures and delete them, other wise they will keep growing until you run out of room! You can set them to capture during certain hours too so they are not capturing all night.
People need to understand that if a company does not want them to play on the Internet during work hours...REGARDLESS of if they are getting work done, that they should respect the wishes of the people putting a roof over their heads and food on their table. This "you owe me" mentality has to stop. Take back control and let them know who's boss. If they can't accept that? Fire them and find people that know a little something about work ethics and respecting superiors.
Best of luck!
2006-09-15 07:26:09 · answer #1 · answered by joe b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like this is a small organization without an IT department or people with the skills to configure and manage the network. Do not let the employees have admin privilege to the pc will allow administrator to restrict what they can do on the pc, such as no internet access (only intranet), or unable to delete history.
Since this is probably a mom and pa shop, you have better luck of development a good relationship with the employees and manage the situation differently as you lack the technical skills in the IT aspect.
2006-09-15 07:17:46 · answer #2 · answered by galactic_man_of_leisure 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, here is a few no cost things that might give you some insight. Firstly, if they are deleting their histories, they may not be deleting their cookies. This will tell all. Additionally, if they are deleting their cookies, more likely than not the "Index.dat" should still be in existence. This to will render information about the places they have surfed to.
Other than that you can set up administrator accounts on the PCs that they use and restrict access to certain areas (folders) I'm not sure about all of the details but think that it might be a viable option.
2006-09-18 05:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by the_green_grass_horse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the law where you are. In some countries and states you may break the law if you do this even though they are your computers.
Consider also that you may run into real labour problems.
You are probably more at risk communicting with clients than you are from them using the net.
What you need is a good anti virus software and firewall protection. Skimp on that and anything you get will be your fault.
2006-09-15 07:06:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on how many pc's are in your network there are a few things you can do. also so you know just cause they delete thier history doesnt mean there arent other ways of telling where they have been.
to block them from going to certain sites you can do it on each pc locally if you dont have alot of computers on your network. if you do have alot you can get your IT person to block them through your server.
2006-09-15 07:06:04 · answer #5 · answered by ian6868 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure make their life a living hell why dont you. Invade their privacy too. Theres a reason that im a truck driver and thats because I never have to have my boss "Breathing down my neck" Give em a break!
2006-09-15 07:03:47 · answer #6 · answered by POPEYE P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut them some slack! Get some software to prevent viruses so that you don't have any problems there. As long as they are getting their work done, why can't they use on breaks, or once in a while during down time?
2006-09-15 07:03:13 · answer #7 · answered by misscongeniality711 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Like Justin up there ^ says, SURFCONTROL works really good. We have it at my work due to networking and it stops us from shopping and any other website that might have viruses, spam, or trojans. Although, I'm lucky, I don't have limited access.
2006-09-15 07:10:20 · answer #8 · answered by greeneiis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surfcontrol!
Don't bother with Websense. The overhead is enormous and the product is so overkill it's like trying to kill a mouse with a machine gun.
2006-09-15 07:02:42 · answer #9 · answered by Justin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purchase a firewall for your server and have your IT set the time for their Internet Access.
2006-09-15 07:08:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋