OIT Help Desk
Cornell Spider Install and User Instructions for Windows
Downloading Cornell Spider (Personally Identifiable Information scanning
tool):
- Go to http://download.indstate.edu
- Select and Download Cornell Spider to your desktop
Installing:
- Double click on ‘Setup_3.0.exe’ on your desktop
- Click on ‘Next’
- Answer ‘Yes’ to the license agreement
- Choose ‘Next’ for the default installation folder
- Choose ‘Next’ for the components to be installed
- Choose ‘Next’ to begin the installation
- Click on ‘Close’ once the installation is complete
Running:
-
Click
on the ‘Start’ menu
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Go to
‘Programs’
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Go to
‘Spider3’
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Click
on ‘Spider3’
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Click
‘Configure’ at the top
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Click
the ‘Scan Options Tab’
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You
should see a window with the ‘Disk’ tab to the front. The text box
should say C: and the check boxes for “Process Subdirectories” and “Scan
all local drives” should be checked.
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Click
‘Save’
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Click
‘Ok’
-
Click
on ‘Run Spider’ button
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This
process can take 30 minutes or longer, depending on the number of files
on the local hard drive.
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When
finished the program will pop up the log file with the suspicious files.
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Save
this log file to your computer as Spider3.txt.
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Once
the file is saved close the log window and the main menu will display
‘Spider ready’.
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Click
on the ‘Exit’ button
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Navigate to the location where you saved Spider3.txt and double-click it
to start viewing your suspicious files.
Working with the Data:
Please review each file listed to insure they are clear of any SSN,
credit card information or other personal information.
You will notice there are files listed as suspicious, but may not contain SSN, credit card numbers or other personal information. All scanning
tools generate “false positives”, so expect to see some that are not
relevant.
Please refer to the “Security of Data” policy in the ISU Handbook at
http://www.indstate.edu/adminaff/handbook.htm, section V, pages 14 –
15, for the proper handling of data.
You
should run Spider on all of your computers at least once a month. Once
you have reviewed and dealt with the files containing personal
information you should delete the “spider3.txt” file.