Funny.. .I've been able to run as non-admin on NT as a platform for 15+ years now.
If you want to talk application behavior, I'll concede that many folks, MS included, needed to get their act together, which they have. But the OP was comparing to Win7, so what the situation was 5 years ago is immaterial. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:14 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: WTF? Fake AV > > 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
