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    Protecting Computer from one user

    I have an issue with my little brother's surfing habits, continually managing to download viruses/trojens ect... It has brought the family computer to the stage where it needs formatting again (this is since I went back to university during September).

    Does anyone know of a way of making it so that when he logs into his username, it automatically starts 'his' virtual machine, meaning that whatever viruses that he downloads does not affect the rest of my family relying on this computer.

    I am running MS Security Essentials, however even this does not seem enough to stop him getting viruses, since it pops up with a warning, and he goes I want XYZ anyway, and closes it. I have also tried setting him up as a basic (non-admin) user, and not allowing him to install anything/make changes to system settings, however this is not worth the effort due to the arguments generated.

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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    If he kicks up a fuss about not being able to install things with admin permissions then he's not going to be happy with a virtual machine. His parents need to either rule he isn't allowed admin rights or you need to get him an ipad and ban him from the family computer.

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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    Best bet sounds like telling him what he is doing then warning him that next it happens you won't be there to fix it. If he breaks it again and thinks he may have to fork for a new computer/go without one, I would imagine that he would make an effort to change his ways. At least I would anyway !

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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    Just looking at it basically, he's clearly not prepared to change his attitudes. That means that the only technical solution is to prevent him writing to the hard disk.

    And since he's going to kick up a fuss about that, seeing as it will prevent him from using the PC in a normal manner, nothing's going to work.

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    I would just not do anything and let him ruin it, thats what i did with someone and then they realised its not going to get fixed

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    Remotely change his password when you get back to uni, deny all knowledge & tell him you cant do anything about it till you get back home.
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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    Dual-boot with Ubuntu and change all the Windows passwords.

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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    Buy an iMac


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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    Quote Originally Posted by 0iD View Post
    Remotely change his password when you get back to uni, deny all knowledge & tell him you cant do anything about it till you get back home.
    That gives me an idea - setup a fake ID scam, could use remote connection, give him the scare that his windows account has been compromised and his personal details appear to be out in the wild and being used by other people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    That gives me an idea - setup a fake ID scam, could use remote connection, give him the scare that his windows account has been compromised and his personal details appear to be out in the wild and being used by other people.
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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    That gives me an idea - setup a fake ID scam, could use remote connection, give him the scare that his windows account has been compromised and his personal details appear to be out in the wild and being used by other people.



    See post #2
    Do like this idea, but cant help but think it would lead to me getting beatern up when I get back from university... It is looking more and more like he is going to be given both basic user account and some kind of internet filter... not sure how pleased he would be if he were only allowed on websites which could be considered educational such as wikipedia/bbc ect...

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    Quote Originally Posted by coolio View Post
    Best bet sounds like telling him what he is doing then warning him that next it happens you won't be there to fix it. If he breaks it again and thinks he may have to fork for a new computer/go without one, I would imagine that he would make an effort to change his ways. At least I would anyway !
    This is one of the problems, he is happy for a computer that redirects you to *insert dogy website here* every other time you go online, and pops up with 100 different messages telling you that you have a virus, its just my parents who cant use it like that... So he wont be bothered about it going like that agian.

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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    You could always cancel your broadband account and go dial-up instead

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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    It's up to your parents to read him the riot act.

    Either give your brother basic log in rights or let the whole family know that next time the system breaks down you are not going to fix it.

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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    Create an Autohotkey script and convert it to an exe file to leave in his startup folder. Make the script change as many inappropriate input strings as you can think of to other words. For instance:

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    ::torrent::how people get viruses
    ::pirate::captain pugwash
    ::pr0n::jedward
    You can get it to respond to mouse clicks with different active windows as well so you *might* be able to get it to punish him for trying to circumvent Security Essentials as well. I wouldn't know how to code it though.

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    Re: Protecting Computer from one user

    How old is your brother? If he's young enough that he doesn't know why what he is doing is a problem, then set him with a basic account and as many restrictions as you can think of and to hell with the arguments. If he learns he can strop as much as he likes but it isn't changing anything, then he'll have to learn. Either that, or he doesn't use the computer for anything other than his school work.

    If he's older, then I'm sorry, but he needs some common sense drilled into him. Or he is deliberately being obtuse, in which case change his password to something he won't guess and leave him to it.

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