Banned Software List
 

 

Any service issues we encounter that are a result of installation of any of these titles on a student laptop will result in that student's parents being billed a $25.00 reimaging fee to take the machine's hard drive back to its original state.

 

Bonzai Buddy  (Uses computer's resources, software conflicts) -- this sometimes downloads from Web sites you visit - please read the fine print and DO NOT allow this to download

Comet Cursor (Spyware, uses computer's resources, software conflicts)

Web Shots (Spyware, slows boot time and system operation, software conflicts, and corruption of the registry)

Gator (Spyware, suspected software conflicts)

Weatherbug (High bandwidth use, slows boot time, can disable printing, spyware)

AOL version 7.0 or lower. Version 8.0 or higher are acceptable and are a free download from AOL so if you have version 7.0 or lower, please upgrade your software. (Software conflicts, network issues, reduced screen size, sometimes disables mouse, and corruption of the registry)

 

Post It Notes – This software slows the computer down and causes lockups.  Use the reminder or task list functions in Outlook instead.

All music/video download software (copyright infringement, high bandwidth use, software conflicts, and corruption of the registry)

        Titles include but are not limited to:
           Kazaa

           Bearshare

           Grokster

           Morpheus

           WinMX

           BearShare

           Limewire

           Napster

           Gnucleas

           IMesh

           Phex

           Shareaza

           Swapper

           Xolox

           Ares
           Warez P2P Client
           EDonkey2000

           Piolet
           Blubster

           SoulSeek

           Zultrax P2P

 

Games – Bubble Trouble, Icy Tower, Snood and most freeware games – Spyware and suspected conflicts.

 

Other titles will be added to this list as necessary.