Hillary O’Rourke, a contributor for SearchSecurity.com, talks about the new Google malware warning system alerts to users about possible malware infection on their computer. This is a great measure by Google to help users be aware that their computers could be a malware machine. An even more proactive approach to mitigated risks associated with malware starts with the removal of administrator rights from the users.
No one wants to have to deal with the threat of malware, and having an anti-virus solution or an alert system like Google’s is not enough. Layer up on your defense against IT security threats by removing administrator rights from end users and managing approved applications and privileges with a reliable privilege management solution. After all, if a user doesn’t have the proper rights to install an application, neither does the malware. No malware means no warnings or alerts and a peace of mind for companies.
Find out which users have admin rights on your windows domain with the Viewfinity Local Admin Discovery tool. This tool provides the ability to remove users or groups from the Administrators group if you do not want them to have administrator rights.
After utilizing the tool, try Viewfinity’s Privilege Management solution here.
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