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To: catnipman; SkyDancer
It’s impossible for changes to be made to the OS from the limited account, which means its impossible for a virus to infect the OS

That really isn't true, you know. It is programmatically simple to elevate beyond the current user status. You might stop some of the script kiddies, but any serious hacker can elevate a win box with ease.

63 posted on 07/18/2014 3:55:35 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: roamer_1

“That really isn’t true, you know. It is programmatically simple to elevate beyond the current user status. You might stop some of the script kiddies, but any serious hacker can elevate a win box with ease. “

Nope. Such elevation is completely impossible from a limited user account unless the user allows it by typing in a password in response to a popup UAC request to allow such elevation. You don’t have a clue about what you are talking about. If it’s so easy, prove it by pointing me to a program that can do that.


64 posted on 07/18/2014 4:10:26 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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