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A whitelist is easier to administer than a blacklist. The list is a lot smaller and more manageable.
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A whitelist is easier to administer than a blacklist. The list is a lot smaller and more manageable.

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I've done a scan of my network to identify all programs installed on all desktops etc. I now have a huge list of programs in a csv file. Is there some service or utility that I can run my list through, which would then tell me which programs from my list are blacklisted, dangerous etc? Thanks in advance.
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I've done a scan of my network to identify all programs installed on all desktops etc. I now have a huge list of programs in a csv file. Is there some service or utility that I can run my list through, which would then tell me which programs from my list are blacklisted, dangerous etc? Thanks in advance.

Identify Blacklisted Programs

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