Do companies keep track of thumb drives being inserted on the PC's? Sometimes I put an article from the internet on MS Word or an online book in pdf on a thumb drive to take to work... Do you think it's likely that the company can "see" what im doing? It's a fairly large company with an IT department.
2007-02-05 12:57:51 · 5 answers · asked by strippers_lie_00 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
So, you want to play around on the company computer on company time? If the IT department is any good, they may not see you doing it, but they can sure as heck check. Depending on the company, they may analyze every computer every so often, and there are programs they can place that you cannot detect or disable that tell every programme used or website visited, every document opened, even every keystroke if they suspect a lot of non-work-related computer use. There are companies that specialize in monitoring for workstations. So, unless you have permission to use computer time for your own use on lunch or after work, I would suggest you be careful. Heck, I can know what is going on with every workstation in my office without others knowing, if I really want to, and I am not our IT person. I do not spy on computer use in my office, but I assume if I can do it, the IT guy sure as heck can, too.
2007-02-05 13:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very unlikely, but it is certainly possible... everything you do on a company machine can potentially be monitored and recorded.
USB thumb drives can have auto-run scripts, so they are a good way to get in viruses, specifically RAT trojans. Because of this many companies are limiting the use of USB drives.
2007-02-05 13:05:56 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can see it, yes. Whether they bother is something else again. Thumb drives are proving to be a real nasty security hole, so some companies are indeed keeping track. XP can track what devices are plugged into it. If it knows, the LAN administrator can know.
-Dio
2007-02-05 13:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by diogenese19348 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Active monitoring is becoming more commonplace in company IT scene. Make sure that you are doing "proper" work, and that anything you use on that jumpdrive is scanned and secure... in some instances, people can be fired for bringing in a virus on something they brought in...
Good luck.
2007-02-05 13:03:13 · answer #4 · answered by Unforgiven Shadow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, probably they won't able to track it.
Unless you decide to share the thumb drive accessible to your network.
2007-02-05 13:02:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋