XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: gordonbparker@yahoo.com   
      
   On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:36:33 +0000, SomeBloke wrote:   
      
   > Looking at the pie chart 59.2% of these infections are Trojans. I   
   > haven't come across ANY AV apps that will protect users from their own   
   > stupidity. Things like "my friend sent me a link to a YouTube video and   
   > now my computer runs like a pig in treacle" are common in my experience.   
   >   
   > The problem of course is that most (all?) Windows users run as   
   > administrators so their systems are wide open to every form of nasty. I   
   > have long since given up on persuading anyone that logging on as a   
   > limited rights user is the way to make things difficult for Trojans,   
   > Worms etc to run. You only need to hit your head against a brick wall so   
   > many times before you decide the pain is too much.   
   >   
   > This is why I like Linux. You want to install or uninstall anything or   
   > make a system wide change? Then enter your root password. This makes you   
   > think, "Do I really want to do this?".   
   >   
   > Microsoft’s UAC just doesn't hack it in my opinion. Too easily bypassed   
   > or even turned off. Completely misses the point of security.   
      
   I quite agree. The thing is that when a user gets a new Windows machine,   
   the system AUTOMATICALLY makes the first User account created an   
   Administrator! And because people are so used to running as an   
   administrator because XP had no real means of doing the MS equivalent of   
   "sudo" they don't bother to change it - and the other thing is that there   
   is no mWARNING either that a) they don't need to run as an administrator   
   on a daily vasis and b) that doing so is a security risk.   
   The thing I find amazing is the numbers of posts on the MS Answers Forum   
   where the one and only User account has been corrupted (how does a User   
   account become corrupted for goodness sake) and because the built-in   
   Admin account is disabled by default (good!) they can't access their   
   computer.   
   Why do people put up with this crap in the first place?   
      
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