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It is not making up statistics when someonne posts "90% of the home users I've seen." That is a statement of personal experience only. BTW the last 7 computers that I purchased were all formatted with FAT32 whether W2K or WXP Home or Pro. That makes 100% of the ones that I have seen. Plus they all came with Admin has the only account and it had a blank password. Unless someone like me created User Accounts with limited priviledges, then the virus could take out the whole file system not just the user account. Funny thing is that the Linux box that I have did have user accounts setup and made the root (and SU) account hard to find. Is that a FS issues, no. Is it indicative of a more security minded OS philosophy, you bet.

And I won't go ionto the pathetic DLL debacle. It's way too easy to see how these turn up everywhere and represent very poor security measures.
Posted by: jacarter3   Posted on: 08/29/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Apparently the technique really works...  Hugh Jass | 08/26/05
What? What?  Squawkbox | 08/26/05
Don't blame it on MS  toomuchgreeatea@... | 08/27/05
Yeah and so are the windows in my house  Squawkbox | 08/27/05
This ISN'T a problem  toomuchgreeatea@... | 08/27/05
It is a feature that has the potential to become a security glitch  Squawkbox | 08/28/05
This is NOT a mistake  toomuchgreeatea@... | 08/29/05
Never said it was a mistake  Squawkbox | 08/29/05
glitch?  dwest_z | 08/29/05
Maybe I'm reading between the lines here...  rock06r | 08/27/05
Hey Rock,  BXLE | 08/27/05
Re: Maybe I'm reading between the lines here...  none none | 08/27/05
Don't you check those registry keys?  Squawkbox | 08/27/05
email exe's  skeptic tank | 08/27/05
What is your favorite method  enduser_z | 08/27/05
Get a grip  skeptic tank | 08/27/05
Slightly more secure filesystem?  toadlife | 08/27/05
secure fs  Rokstar83 | 08/28/05
It's not so much the file system itself  skeptic tank | 08/28/05
Wouldn't...  rapson | 08/29/05
DLL Mess...  Anti_Zealot | 08/29/05
more than slightly  CobraA1 | 08/28/05
Absolutely pathetic.  toadlife | 08/28/05
Now We're "Absolutely pathetic"  jacarter3 | 08/29/05
okay  toadlife | 08/29/05
yeah  jacarter3 | 08/29/05
Come to think of it  toadlife | 08/29/05
Re: get a grip  Otto_Delete | 08/29/05
I'm one of those  vinnie327 | 08/29/05
seen similar use  merio74 | 08/27/05
Where is No_ax_to_grind?  An_Axe_to_Grind | 08/29/05

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