You don't think the unix security model helps at all? I mean, surely not allowing Joe User to run as "root" is going to help protect the system, after all, isn't that why Microsoft *finally* stopped making the default user the local admin? :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WTF? Fake AV +1 UAC may be a pain in the arse but it *works*. A lot of the malware I see these days limits itself to the context of the user's account. The executables are dropped somewhere under %APPDATA% and the registry changes are written to HKCU. The only thing that keeps Macs relatively malware-free is the very small market share. On 4/28/2010 10:00 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote: >> While I am not a huge fan of MACS, their security model is obviously much >> better than Windows > > I'd suggest that's an ill-drawn conclusion. -- Phil Brutsche [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
