Reply to: Is it the norm to be asked to use own computer for an Inside IR35 contract?

[TheDude]

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.

[vetran]

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.

[northernladuk]

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

[courtg9000]

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.

[vetran]

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.

[WTFH]

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?

[ziggystardust]

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

[TheDude]

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.

[DoctorStrangelove]

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:

[vetran]

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.

[vetran]

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.

[sadkingbilly]

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

[vetran]

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.

[Paddy]

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.

[sadkingbilly]

Rename *.txt send by email

and get walked for installing unauthorised software