My boss installed internet monitoring software on my personal computer. I don't know if this is even legal, but I found the program and am wondering if I can remove it in add/remove programs and that will do it???
How do I remove employer'S internet monitoring software?
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First of all if you could just uninstall it like a regular program that would be quite a useless peace of software. On the other hand if your boss installed it, he would be sure to check the results and if you uninstall it he would know. It is not a good idea to mess around with your boss like that 
Instead of uninstalling you could simply get around it. There is a free software and an open network that can help you do that. It's called Tor. If you are not familiar with it and don't know how to set it up you could use a portable version of Opera with the integrated Tor software and put it on your usb flash drive. This bundle is called OperaTor and can be found here.
Instead of uninstalling you could simply get around it. There is a free software and an open network that can help you do that. It's called Tor. If you are not familiar with it and don't know how to set it up you could use a portable version of Opera with the integrated Tor software and put it on your usb flash drive. This bundle is called OperaTor and can be found here.
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So you use it at work, as your main computer?
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An employer has the right to whatever the feel is appropriate and necessary with company owned computer equipment and networks. My sister has a laptop which is actually owned by the school district she works for. She keeps it in her possession and is free to use for personal use as well as job related tasks. However her employer has the right to install security and / or monitoring software on this computer if they wish and, in fact, they have. Now, if this a computer which you own and were using on the job that would be a different matter completely in my opinion.
our company managers also installed some internet monitoring software to track us.. they say it's legal and if PCs are owned by a company, they can deploy anything they want.. it's concerned that employees do not use computers for a personal use on the work.. are they right??
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Or get a smartphone...
When it comes to companies, it's a case of 'if you've got nothing to hide what's the problem?', but whilst at work you are there to work. Luckily my employer is fairly ... tolerant of taking short breaks, checking the news occasionally etc., as long as I get the job done! Which I do...
You pretend to work, they pretend to pay you.
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Thier computer, thier rules for the most part.
Often this kind of monitoring software has access to the webcam (if connected) so there may be some privacy issues, so you may wish to clarify just what exactly the employer is monitoring. It may well be that the provider of the laptop is also paying for the internet connection via a 3G dongle, in such a cases circumventing the watchdog software is pointless.
Anyhow, the simplest answer is to use a Linux distro such as Slax, Puppy or the ever popular Ubuntu and boot the laptop from a CD or USB drive. Thus allowing the use of the all the PC hardware without windows or the added extras of your employer being activated.
Often this kind of monitoring software has access to the webcam (if connected) so there may be some privacy issues, so you may wish to clarify just what exactly the employer is monitoring. It may well be that the provider of the laptop is also paying for the internet connection via a 3G dongle, in such a cases circumventing the watchdog software is pointless.
Anyhow, the simplest answer is to use a Linux distro such as Slax, Puppy or the ever popular Ubuntu and boot the laptop from a CD or USB drive. Thus allowing the use of the all the PC hardware without windows or the added extras of your employer being activated.
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You have to go to the administrator account and do that.
By the way do you know the name of the software.If so the help can be more specific.
leviathon's advice may work if it is an installed program but there can be scripts which run on the startup and could not be uninstalled.
Further the other software kinds may require a password to uninstall ..
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If you didn't agree to install any monitoring software in you machine, then that's illegal. And I think employee monitoring is legal as long as the computers belong to the employers. You can easily delete it in add/remove programs. In our office we use employee software for time tracking to monitor employees. But we all agree to use the software to monitor employee productivity.
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If you didn't agree to install any monitoring software in you machine, then that's illegal. And I think employee monitoring is legal as long as the computers belong to the employers. You can easily delete it in add/remove programs. In our office we use employee software for time tracking to monitor employees. But we all agree to use the software to monitor employee productivity.
i dissagree. it is not your computer, it is not legaly yours, you have no right to remove any software or install software therefore, the piece of software installed by your employer must stay. also, if you do work around it or uninstall it, then you could be potentaily fired or worse.
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Of course it's legal, it's THEIR computer, not yours, mine or anyone else's, theirs and only theirs. They ALLOW someone to use it, that's it, nothing more, nothing less.
Why is this such a difficult thing for people to understand? Surf pr0n on your own time guys, geeze.
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Yeah..I agree with you
Why should the employer pay for "Not Working" people!!He has all rights to put the software that he can..
What is so clandestine about the internet surfing unless the employee is doing something wrong!!
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