Kaseya Agents & You

[Tuna]

On 08/11/2010 07:54 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> Kaseya:
>
> Sometimes a Free Tool, Sometimes a convenient Hack,  Sometimes a 
> Government Surveillance Tool?
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> How to Remove a Kaseya Agent:
>
> 1) Windows Hidden Type:
> "%programfiles%\InstallShield Installation 
> Information\{48C76121-4F90-11D5-9884-0050BA85A903}\Setup.exe" UNINSTALL
>
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> 2) OS X:
>
> 1. Download the file KaseyaUninstall.pkg.zip file from here 
> <http://community.kaseya.com/ittoolkit/m/it-toolkit-media-gallery/50.aspx>, 
> 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.
>
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> 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
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> 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 
> <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.

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