How can I disable work from monitoring internet usage?
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If the company's firewall does not block outbound connections, you can set up an SSH tunnel to your home computer and surf all you like. (Of course, someone might ask you about the SSH connection, but they can't monitor the encrypted traffic.)\n\nNote that this would not prevent the company from using keystroke monitoring -- or even software to mirror what you see -- but if you try to shut that down, they'll notice for sure.\n\n<disclaimer>\nIf you don't know how to set up the tunnel, I'm not going to tell you. Your company has every right to monitor your activities while they are paying you to work. And if you get fired for setting up a tunnel, don't be surprised.\n</disclaimer>\n\nNote to managers and firewall admins:\n\nBlocking outbound connections to the SSH destination port (port 22) does not prevent SSH tunnels to arbitrary ports. For example, if you only allow outbound HTTP (port 80), an employee can simply configure sshd to listen on port 80 at home. Once such a connection is made, your internal network is only as secure as the employee's home computer!\n\nThe best way to prevent this type of abuse is to use proxy HTTP and block ALL outbound Internet connections. Hiring trustworthy employees is even more important, of course.
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Check your internet settings its in tools on your tool bar
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Goto Control panel-> security update --> disable auto update.\nnow your internet connection will not be affected.
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You go to "My Network Places", than click the "View network connections" on the left of the windows that appears.\nThat you right click the connection you don't want anymore and choose "Disable".\nYou can also delete it from that menu, although you might have to restart.
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install a spying program on your computer that monitors all activity and is run in the background get the password for cyblock if this is your home computer
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Click on start then goto the control panel.\ndouble-click on the security center.\nclick on 'recommendations' check the box marked\n'I have a .... that I will monitor myself'\nclick 'ok'\nDo this for each thing windows is complaining about.\nThe security alert is there to remind you to make sure your system is updated and secure. Turn this off knowing Windows will never remind you again about your anti-virus, firewall or automatic updates not being activated.\n\nIf you do not see the security center. In the upper left hand corner of the control panel you will see \n'switch to classic view'
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yeah, go to control panel, network connections, right-click on the dial-up connection and disable it.
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It is very likely that your employes are monitoring your computer usage at work.  77.7% of major employes monitor their employees' internet, phone, computer and work activities.  The rules for workplace monitoring favor employers. There are no federal laws that regulate monitoring employees. Only two states, Delaware and Connecticut, have laws that require employers to notify employees if the company monitors them.  This is due to the fact that the computers in the office are supplied for the primary benefit of the company... not the staff person's personal use.\n\nCompanies maintain that by utilizing web based mail applications such as Yahoo, Gmail or Hotmail, the employee is putting the business in much greater risk of viruses and worms entering the network.\n\nAn American Management Association survey, which involved 526 U.S. companies, states that about 25 percent of employers have fired workers for misusing the Internet; another 25 percent have terminated employees for inappropriate use; and 6 percent have fired employees for misusing office telephones.\n\nAnd it is very cost effective, at around $10 per employee per year for larger companies.  And keeping your passwords safe, clearing your cache and your cookies, and not having your computer remember any passwords will not stop your employer from being able to see what you are up to.\n\nComputer monitoring may include keystoke logging, software monitoring, or applications to view what you see on your monitor.  Sniffers placed on networks can also pinpoint employees who are using the network bandwidth by activities such as downloading music or listening to web based radio stations.\n\nMy recommendation if you want to be able to check your personal mail from the workplace and protect both your job and your privacy is to have a web enabled mobile device that you own to do this on.  If you intend to do this infrequently, then most phones with web access will work for brief usage.  If you will be doing this on a frequent basis, then you're better to go with a much faster private method, such as a Treo web enabled device.
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you can use ZoneAlarm program.It can control and block all of that.
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Zone Alarm.\nTry it and you'll see.\nANd one more thing: if avg or any other free programs would be so good.... why are those free?????
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Go to the 'Security Center' control panel and switch the offending items (firewall, virus protection and automatic updates) to "I'll monitor it myself" or "Not monitored".\n\nMy recommendation for Automatic Updates, by the way, is either of the two middle options, "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them", or "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them".  That way, I get a notification, but Microsoft isn't doing anything to my machine without me knowing about it.
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disable it the average user doesnt need it
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go to start>settings>control panel> network connections\n\nyou should open up a folder with LAN or High Speed Internet, with a few icons under it, choose the network card that you want to disable, right click, you will have a choice of disable or enable.
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You could go to a site like Smiley Central. However, be sure to read their terms of service as I believe they track your Internet Usage as part of their service.
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go to control panel windows firewall and disable it
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its ok to have u can turn it off if u have xp u can download ie 7 and turn it off through the add on managers
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As someone who made a mistake once in this area, I ask you to consider the lack of trust this will create.  Are you also going to monitor phone calls?  time it takes to go to the bathroom?  what about personal emails?\n\nMy point is you establish rules and tell everyone they will be monitored (web logs, Internet history, etc.).   Any productivity you gain from monitoring their computer usage will be lost in another area (like pencils taken home, personal copies being made, etc.).\nConsider giving them some leniency on computer usage during lunch and before/after work so they will be more productive during work.\n\nMike Honeycutt