On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Sean P. DeNigris <sean@clipperadams.com> wrote:
Ben Coman wrote
> Unfortunately due to IT lock down I cannot use Pharo at work,

Not even off a jump drive?

Nope.�� You prompted me to try once again ==>��This program is blocked by group policy. For more information, contact your system administrator.��

Even renaming pharo.exe to notepad.exe doesn't work.
It seems they are using signature based white-listing[1].����
From an Ops security perspective I applaud such policy.�� First place I've seen it used.�� Its the only real protection.�� Much better than a virus scanner which only maybePossibly notices based on heuristics observing behaviour after the malware is already running.����
From a practical/user perspective, uurgh,aarggh!

[1]��https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/create-an-application-whitelist-policy-in-windows/

cheers -ben