> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Fmiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > If the definition of a bot is a "robot" computer running a > > program that the own is unaware of... > > > > Windows, mostly. > > > > A wide-open Linux computer can act an a relay, but it takes > > effort to turn it into a bot. Mac is probably somewhere in > > between. BSD tends to be locked-down by default, so it's not > > likely to be a bot. Solaris is rarely run by amateurs, so > > it's probably pretty rare for it to be a bot. > > > > -- Philip > > > The most important thing to remember on a Windows machine is, ... > to *never* set any of your accounts to "Administrative User". > > Always, Always, Always under XP and Vista set your accounts to > "Limited User Account (LUA)" when you *need* to do System > Administration and Maintenance, unplug from 'teh intarweb', > log in as Administrator and do that work.
> If you are *not* logged in as Administrator it far more > difficult for hacks and cracks to get installed because LUA's > can not make direct changes to the registry keys. In some > cases LUA's can't even make writes/changes to the Program > Files folder. It doesn't make it impossible, and you should > *still* run an OS based firewall/virus system even behind a > router, but take a page from an old UNIX guy. *Never* log in > as root (administrator), ever. Period. End of Discussion. > EdB That's easy in the Unix world (Linux, BSD, etc.) because there is "su", "sudo", and "fakeroot". Is there something like that in MS Windows? Some way I can install a program without having to log out of my current user and log in as admin? Since about 30% of the time my computer is booted into MS Windows in to install software I gave up trying to use a non-administrator account. But it's practically never connected to the internet when in Windows. For that it's booted into the "native" Linux. One day - maybe soon - I'll get the network foibles of qemu worked out and maybe then the only time I'll "boot" MS Windows will be inside of Linux.... It's my dream! -- Philip _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
