to sort out the mess.
BTW, why the link? What purpose does it serve in relation to your story?
Mark
So,
While joining at a new job in a company's IT department, and after your joining, you realize that all that you see is a messed up network. below are the points I instantly saw after loging into a computer provided to me by an existing IT administrator:
1- I login in with a local account, which means THE FOLLOWING:
1.1- No DC server
1.2- No AD server
1.3- No Storage server
2- the guy starts to setup my email on outlook client and uses Imap and pop3 options:
2.1- No Exchange server(becomes obvious after 1.1)
2.2- No local web-server
2.3- No Email filtration
2.4- Wondered myself, "There should have been something wrong in the network by now.
3- Then instantly internet connection goes out:
3.1- I am like wow, they dont even have proper number of routers.
3.2- plus they are not configured as required.
3.3- They shud have been using Switches and firewall switches for giving people a stable network connection
3.4- Or else they need to buy routers/extenders in order to fill the gaps Or configure the existing once to broadcast signals up to long area like at least 20-25 meters(which is not recommended, it should always be like 15-20 meters max)
3.5- Or they can put a firewall switch linked with the gateway router, then place switches in the far away grouped areas, and connect every one with cables, since its a small HeadQuarter of a Holding company with only 25 users.(errrrr, whats the big deal!!!)
Above points are enough to frustrate any reader who might have never fallen into a situation like this.
I gave them network diagrams, ideas, ways, got all approved, then a SURPRISE:
"Your email service has been blocked by your ISP"
FML...
Called ISP..They replied:
"Your network is infected, we are receiving 2000+ spam emails from you ip for 3 months" my reaction(whom should i shout at, for this?)
Then I started looking for a place to help me cleaning all the viruses, botnets, spywares, adwares, and malwares from all users on the network, while the best thing to do is to format all of them and do a fresh start but i want to give this thing a try so I am taking this step.
And below is the link to a very pious technically helping web guide which actually made all my problems go away at no objection. now i am just looking for a Mac anti threat toolkit, hopefully i will find it someday or else will have to format the Mac.
<span id="INSERTION_MARKER">http://cbl.abuseat.org/advanced.html#tcpview
Thanks for reading,
Waqas Ajaz

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