Unused Account Ferret 2.11

Who can benefit from the functionality the ANIXIS-developed application Unused Account Ferret provides? The application can be used in a corporate environment (small or large organization) to help out system administrators. How does Unused Account Ferret help system admins out? Why the application helps them manage and make the network safer

To be more precise, Unused Account Ferret can lend a helping hand in identifying and removing unused user and computer accounts. With a name like Unused Account Ferret, what did you expect it to do? Unused Account Ferret queries the domain controllers and presents the sys admin with a list of unused accounts. The admin can then disable the account, or should the need arise, delete the account manually.

Speaking of deleting things, Unused Account Ferret can delete more than just unused accounts. It can also delete Microsoft Exchange mailboxes and home folders that are associated with the unused accounts.

Why would anyone need to disable or delete an account? Let me answer that question with another question: Would you like the account of an employee who left the organization to remain active? I would not believe how many times that happens. An employee is fired, or the employee leaves the organization, and his account remain active for months or even years. From a security point of view this is not desirable – the unused account represents a means of unauthorized access to the company’s network.

The system admin needs only get Unused Account Ferret, feed it some parameters, and the application will “ferret out unused accounts.”

Pros

• Lightweight download size (some 2MB)
• Identifies unused accounts
• Disable and delete unused accounts
• Delete Microsoft Exchange mailboxes and home folders associated with the unused accounts

Cons

• Free to try (trial version is limited)

About ANIXIS
Established back in February ’95, ANIXIS is a privately owned software development company. As ANIXIS explained, its goal is to come up with applications that help system admins to manage and secure their networks. That’s even the company’s tagline: “Helping you to manage and secure your network.” According to ANIXIS its products are used by thousands of system admins to manage and secure several million users accounts in commercial, government and military systems.

Additional details about ANIXIS and its products are available here.

Unused Account Ferret has been reviewed by George Norman on 18 Jun 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Unused Account Ferret 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent