RE: Example Black Lists for Windows?

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

  It is virtually always more practical to whitelist the allowed
applications/protocols/etc than to try to blacklist the prohibited
ones. 
  The difference is what happens to "unknown/unrecognized".  If
you whitelist, it gets blocked until investigated and blessed.  If
you blacklist, it gets permitted until *detected* and investigated --
by which time considerable damage may already have been done.

David Gillett
 

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> Subject: Example Black Lists for Windows?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently building a black list of undesirable software 
> to block on company Windows XP machines. 
>
> Does anyone know of any example/suggested blacklists of this 
> type online?
>
> I just mean things like Kazaa, Yahoo, Skype, Championship 
> manager, etc...
>
> I'd be grateful for any links or advice on where to start!