[ShadowAce]

Technical

[KoRn]

Nice post! Programming is always over my head. I'm just a knuckle dragging network guy :(

[zeugma]

There is truth in the idea that poorly coded applications can be dangerous in much the same way that poorly coded operating systems can. The big trouble you run into is when that arbitary code the writer mentions is executed with the system-level access rights. This can easily happen when you are running as Administrator, or Root. It should be much harder to accomplish if you are running the program as a regular user.

One of the problems with many windows programs is that they require administrative privs to run. This is extraordinarily dangerous and shouldn't be deemed acceptable to users unless there is a damned good reason for it.