Prime95 itself will not be a target, it is not widespread enough to work with.. however, nearly every desktop runs antivirus software, which normally runs as administrator or system..
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mersenne-invalid- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gareth Randall > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 6:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Mersenne: Case against running prime95 as an NT service with a > GUI. > > 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 ======= > > ________________________________________________________________________ _ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm > Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
