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Previously on "Is it the norm to be asked to use own computer for an Inside IR35 contract?"

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  • TheDude
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    Received my 'Lean' laptop from client yesterday and it is the first time I haven't felt excited about unboxing a new device.

    Luckily I only need it in the office and can continue using my Macbook Pro the rest of the time.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

    It was just one version that was compromised wasn't it?
    • CCleaner version 5.33.6162
    https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s...ed%20that,6162
    shows you how damn good the Virus Authors are.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by courtg9000 View Post

    Did I see somewhere that CCCleaner had been classed as a malicious app? To be fair this may have been sometime ago and the issue may now be resolved.
    It was just one version that was compromised wasn't it?
    • CCleaner version 5.33.6162
    https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s...ed%20that,6162

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  • courtg9000
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Private machine CPU (£200 and 5 years old.)

    https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php...6U+%40+2.00GHz

    Work machine CPU (£800 I'm guessing and 6 months old )
    https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php....60GHz&id=3323

    both SSD & 8GB

    SSMS & visual studio are a few seconds faster on the work machine. Browsing,Teams & RDP the same speed i.e. fast enough.

    MacAfee or Norton are far more invasive than Microsoft Defender. Uninstall and move to Defender. Get a copy of CCCleaner to remove the TSR style stuff.
    Did I see somewhere that CCCleaner had been classed as a malicious app? To be fair this may have been sometime ago and the issue may now be resolved.

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  • vetran
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    Private machine CPU (£200 and 5 years old.)

    https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php...6U+%40+2.00GHz

    Work machine CPU (£800 I'm guessing and 6 months old )
    https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php....60GHz&id=3323

    both SSD & 8GB

    SSMS & visual studio are a few seconds faster on the work machine. Browsing,Teams & RDP the same speed i.e. fast enough.

    MacAfee or Norton are far more invasive than Microsoft Defender. Uninstall and move to Defender. Get a copy of CCCleaner to remove the TSR style stuff.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by ziggystardust View Post

    I bought a cut price reconditioned Lenovo Thinkpad - 8GB RAM 256GB
    More than capable of running Citrix, etc.

    What makes it old and unreliable?
    What OS are you running?
    Surely you can just clean up the machine and get on with it, or are you looking for an excuse to get out of the contract?

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  • ziggystardust
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post

    You've not mentioned the spec of your laptop, so it's hard to make a call on certain things, but in my experience a few years ago, McAfee is bloated and slows systems down. I would remove it (and try to remove all the other things it has installed without you knowing) and then run Windows Defender.
    Unless you spend your days on the dark web, TPB, PornHub, etc, then WD will do a perfectly good job - if your computer is running W10 or later.
    Windows Defender is also free.
    I bought a cut price reconditioned Lenovo Thinkpad - 8GB RAM 256GB

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  • TheDude
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    I have just been informed that I am being assigned a laptop at work that I don't really want. My dev box is actually a Desktop On Demand and this machine will be for thin client access so it is low spec and locked down so I can't even use it for anything useful on my commute.

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post

    If you access secure databases certain rules apply, you don't want people to know about your genital crabs & impotence or your conviction for nicking panties.
    There's a vid for that:

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by sadkingbilly View Post

    still posting adolescent pish, as usual
    yep replying to your incompetence with sarcasm is a bad life choice

    Sadly just such events have happened in the NHS & Police.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post

    Reminds me of *********** Bank, the IT project department had to break rules in order to work. IT support had locked down the system so much it was impossible to work.
    and watch the regulator ream the business when they catch them.

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  • sadkingbilly
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post

    If you access secure databases certain rules apply, you don't want people to know about your genital crabs & impotence or your conviction for nicking panties.
    still posting adolescent pish, as usual

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  • vetran
    replied
    Originally posted by Paddy View Post

    Reminds me of *********** Bank, the IT project department had to break rules in order to work. IT support had locked down the system so much it was impossible to work.
    If you access secure databases certain rules apply, you don't want people to know about your genital crabs & impotence or your conviction for nicking panties.

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by sadkingbilly View Post

    and get walked for installing unauthorised software
    Reminds me of *********** Bank, the IT project department had to break rules in order to work. IT support had locked down the system so much it was impossible to work.

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  • sadkingbilly
    replied
    Originally posted by Paddy View Post

    Rename *.txt send by email
    and get walked for installing unauthorised software

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