Re: Why you need a registry cleaner

It seems you left out some pertinent information in your first post.
What other pertinent details have you left out?

However your computer is still on the companies network with a potential of damaging the companies network probably from the inside.
The fact it is your computer has little relevance while you are connecting to their network.

If you do not like working with a company which works to protect the network from threats inside and out, next time you should determine company policies in advance and if necessary have clear exceptions based on what you feel you want.
That way you will not be surprised when the company does what it normally does in
protecting their network.
On the other hand if you truly feel you have been treated inappropriately by the company IT department, take your contract to management for proper resolution.

"is an EMPLOYEE"
No malware, at least none that I know, can tell the difference between employee and contractor.
To treat the two differently at the technology level is asking for trouble.
contractors bringing in unknown systems is a major source of malware for networks otherwise free of malware.
Any outside computer, employee or company owned, shares that risk.

"The Sys Admin had no right..."
That depends on the company policy, another detail which you have omitted from your post.
If you really believe that, quit and file legal charges.

"And they pushed a version of the corporate virus scanner..."
That and much more is normal for computers connected to a company network.
Many companies will not simply take the word of an employee or contractor the computer is clean, that assumption has brought down many networks when it turned out to be false.
They can not afford the cost.

In any case, your resolution is not here in the newsgroups, it lies with the company management or the legal system.
You may own the computer but the company owns the network.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


<bjoey@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1185546315.836361.56230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Not directed at you personally, but this thread confirms what I
believed:

IT Department grunts often make wrong assumptions (e.g. everyone is an
EMPLOYEE).
Their grunt brethren follow those assumptions blindly.
That is why some departments in the company turn to contractors and
consultants to get the job done right.

If the grunts could get the work done, contractors wouldn't be needed.
But that is not going to happen any time soon.

I am a contractor, and the laptop in question (and software) is mine.
The Sys Admin had no right to query/audit my registry and turn the
info over to his management, any more
than a police officer has a right to illegally search/seize items in
your home without a warrant.
Your employer can't install a security camera in the washroom for
similar reasons too.

These companies prevent their employees from using wireless,
firewalls, or their own anti-virus software.
What laptop these days belonging to a contractor doesn't have those?

Unix shops hate the Microsoft SQL Server on my machine, and Microsoft
shops hate the java/tomcat on my machine.

The info that was turned over involved a version of a software product
that the EMPLOYEES are specifically not allowed to install.
I was hired because I had significant knowledge about that product,
and had worked with it in the past.
How the admin got a hold of my registry (including very specific
details of un-installed software versions that left traces in the
Windows registry) is interesting.
I turned off my wireless, and I use a hardware router/firewall at
home, and without the firewall at the client's location, he somehow
got in to my machine to steal that info.
And they pushed a version of the corporate virus scanner onto my
machine, which conflicts with mine.
Free software for me? :)

For anyone reading this, if you find a contractor in your company
using company equipment, following employee regulations, reporting to
a supervisor who is an employee, participates in company events, etc.
Please call the Internal Revenue Service and turn them in.
The IRS will re-classify the contractor as an employee and nail your
company for not withholding taxes for the contractor.

And to all corporate-law obeying employees who think the company owns
you, please make sure your corporate id card is securely fastened
around your neck at all times :)
Even when you leave the building.


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