A short time ago there was a discussion relating to the prime95 process running 
as System on NT/2000, and the subject of security issues relating to it being 
accessible from a normal user's desktop came up. The article linked below 
describes a serious security issue caused by this scenario, in which such 
applications can be exploited to give total system compromise.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26561.html

Yours,
-- 
======= Gareth Randall =======

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