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XP is admin by default
With no users or login added. What's worse is that you have to run as admin for many applications to work, particularly games. This is mainly due to their use of the registry and restrictions on file creation.

Outlook Express offers some attachment filtering but this isn't turned on by default and you don't have the ability to fine tune it. Most anti-virus software can be used for email filtering and some offer better click-the-executable prevention than others, but, of course, a user has to set this up.
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I 0nz ur Refriger3tor  Chad_z | 03/08/04
First article is from 2001?  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
Wrong Distro.....  puckvader | 03/08/04
a upnp exploit?  ryusen | 03/08/04
One that was patched a long time ago.  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
Here's an option for handling these things  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 03/08/04
exe files in e-mail  Louis Ross Focke | 03/08/04
Admin Privileges  vferrara | 03/08/04
XP is admin by default  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
re: XP is admin by default  B.O.F.H. | 03/08/04
XP and Administator Account  Gungnir | 03/08/04
It's still 'administrator'  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
what you need to do is:  ryusen | 03/08/04
Good idea.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 03/08/04
Can you say application software?  vferrara | 03/09/04
you don't understand  stephen732@... | 03/09/04
why?  ryusen | 03/09/04
scared?  stephen732@... | 03/09/04
re: sacred?  ryusen | 03/10/04
There is software to do this now  jfrankcarr | 03/09/04
longhorn...  ryusen | 03/09/04
ISPs need to just filter out EXE files....  wayne.p | 03/09/04
You haven't seen the latest trick !!!  RBrown72002 | 03/11/04
Please, IPSs do this!!!  middle of nowhere | 03/08/04
A better solution ...  George Jay | 03/08/04
Agreed, but...  vferrara | 03/08/04
The Commodity Test  Harry Bardal | 03/08/04
No, thanks.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 03/08/04
Not necessarily via email  WendellB | 03/08/04
Dear John  idnew2011@... | 03/08/04
MS does NOT update by email, case closed  idnew2011@... | 03/08/04
The users will try it anyway  Nobeel | 03/08/04
Why Earthlink lost 2 business days (last week)?  Vily Clay | 03/08/04
They DO notify by email...  Jose Jimenez | 03/08/04
Re: They DO notify by email...  johngalt@... | 03/08/04
Like a paperclip in a light socket  moodytx | 03/08/04
I'm With Ya !!!  nikoli | 03/08/04
Why you should care  jfrankcarr | 03/08/04
Still Do NOT care in the least  nikoli | 03/08/04
Re: Why you should care  middle of nowhere | 03/08/04
Yes but it's not only the home users  bob@... | 03/08/04
See, Now You're Learning  nikoli | 03/08/04
That's why  michael-t | 03/08/04
Re: Like a paperclip in a light socket  middle of nowhere | 03/08/04
Crashes  nikoli | 03/09/04
Free Anti-Virus from a major software company  dgspencer | 03/08/04
Free AV  jonbjerke | 03/08/04
i use linux so .....  Iain_Peters | 03/08/04
Linux will in due time  WildArmX2 | 03/10/04
Free anti-virus from Computer Associates and Linux is NOT the answer  idnew2025@... | 03/08/04
Agreed  nikoli | 03/09/04
Tall heap of  michael-t | 03/08/04
Answer to "I use Linux"  Ed Lada | 03/11/04

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