On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Tuna wrote: > On 08/11/2010 07:54 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > Kaseya: > > Sometimes a Free Tool, Sometimes a convenient Hack, Sometimes a Government > Surveillance Tool? > > How to Remove a Kaseya Agent: > > 1) Windows Hidden Type: > "%programfiles%\InstallShield Installation > Information\{48C76121-4F90-11D5-9884-0050BA85A903}\Setup.exe" UNINSTALL > > > 2) OS X: > > 1. Download the file KaseyaUninstall.pkg.zip file from here, > and copy it onto the Mac. > > 2. Expand the ZIP archive. > > 3. Run KaseyaUninstall.pkg installer and choose to Install to the Macintosh > Harddrive. Although this appears to be installing a product, it is actually > running the uninstallation script for the Kaseya agent. > > 4. Log in with the user that installed the agent initially and delete the > /var/tmp/kpid file. To do this launch Terminal and run the "rm -rf > /var/tmp/kpid" command. > > > 5. Remove the agent with root rights, i.e. in Terminal run the "sudo rm > -rf /var/tmp/kpid" command and then provide the root password > > > 6. The Kaseya agent and associated files will be removed. > > > WorkArounds: > > Chrome does not currently have an active Kaseya Agent plugin for OS X or > Linux Chrome: > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chrome+kaseya+osx&aq=f > > References: > > http://www.kaseya.com/free/features.aspx > http://www.kaseya.com/solutions/government.aspx > > http://community.kaseya.com/ittoolkit/b/weblog/archive/2010/06/09/creative-ways-to-get-it-toolkit-installed-on-a-computer.aspx > > > Lisa, do you want to enter a business partnership with me selling > high-quality tin foil hats (not like those homemade ones that just fall > apart) and personal mobile faraday cages (with movable elbow and knee > joints)? > > I think you're kicking up a whole lot of dust to be honest. An equally > meaningful and relevant statement would be "There exists bad software that > people can install and do nasty things to your computer." > > The uninstall information is good to know, but I think it would be better > presented in a full-blown article pertaining to draconian employers > installing crap on employees' laptops, perhaps for 2600 or similar. > > > Hey Tuna, my young friend, I just posted information related to Kaysea administrative, technical and security use, with how to remove the agents; someone else challenged that Kaseya was developed for government NSA and security use. But I imagine we could sell tinfoil hat art.....especially at 1st Friday ArtWalk ? -- Office: (602)239-3392 AT&T: (503)754-4452 http://it-clowns.com "Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible. " --Stanislav Lem