Yes, that is what I am saying. Malware uses the existing rights of the user
to do its deed. Running as an admin, gives malware admin rights to the
machine and thus, no limitations. Running as a lower-permission user denies
malware the rights it needs to install and propagate itself.
Non-honorwa
Andy,
Thanks for the reference but the article is about a test on Vista, not
Windows XP SP2.
Steve
Andy Gallant wrote:
fyi (ymmv) - http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136205/article.html
Stephen Meskin wrote:
Does anyone have experience comparing these two?
I have used Spybot for a couple o
Jeff,
I'm sorry but I don't understand your message. Are you saying that not
running as admin stops certain spyware? What is "non-honor" spyware?
What stops "honor" software?
Steve
Jeff Wright wrote:
Don't run as an admin, if you can. That stops 99% of non-honor system
spyware attacks.
Don't run as an admin, if you can. That stops 99% of non-honor system
spyware attacks.
> -Original Message-
> Use both. Spyware filters work better with several being used.
> Windows Defender seems to work and is pretty trouble free.
My biggest complaint about MS Windows Defender is that it is a resource
hog. Unless you have gobs of RAM, it is going to slow things down.
I also use a variety of spyware filters, including one called
"SuperAntispareware" that seems very good. I have not been infected in
many, many years.
Mi
Use both. Spyware filters work better with several being used.
Windows Defender seems to work and is pretty trouble free.
I typically run Spybot Search and Destroy, Lavasoft's Ad aware, MS's
Defender, Stopzilla and Eeye's Blink. They all catch different things
and don't seem to interfere with e
fyi (ymmv) - http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136205/article.html
Stephen Meskin wrote:
Does anyone have experience comparing these two?
I have used Spybot for a couple of years I also go thru a router and
use Firefox, Thunderbird and AVG with Windows XP Firewall off and have
had no problem
Does anyone have experience comparing these two?
I have used Spybot for a couple of years I also go thru a router and use
Firefox, Thunderbird and AVG with Windows XP Firewall off and have had
no problem yet.
My wife heard that Defender was very good, she goes thru the same
router, uses Firefo
