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Certainly an OS can protect a user
First off there is the good old method of limiting the damage by limiting user privledges. For Windows this has always been a problem, since too many things require Administrator privledges, and there are not simple tools like sudo included with the operating system to help aleviate the problem.

Second, an operating system can make it easier for a user to recover from the malicous attempt. Window's restore was a good first step in that direction, but it doesn't go far enough.

Third, a GUI interface can make it difficult to trick a user by providing appropraite help and warning messages prior to allowing code to run. Microsoft could learn from Java on this front.
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Rep told me not to worry...  Mike Cox | 08/01/06
I always and always will continue to use Microsoft products, Mike.  Grayson Peddie | 08/01/06
8.2! Bravo  Reverend MacFellow | 08/02/06
Dinner with rep  rastaub | 08/02/06
Mike's heart  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/02/06
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Message has been deleted.  Jay E Court | 08/02/06
Message has been deleted.  plumnilly | 08/03/06
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Locking down an OS can prevent this.  B.O.F.H. | 08/02/06
Wow. for a "Toy OS"...  John Zern | 08/02/06
RBAC and MAC?  doas777 | 08/04/06
I am, for one, total impressed by this security classification happy  michael_t | 08/04/06
Certainly an OS can protect a user  docbillnet | 08/02/06
how does this make  plumnilly | 08/03/06
To be clear....  joshmaher | 08/01/06
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*Yawn*  John Zern | 08/02/06
YAWN: my reaction to all the "new" Vista features.... happy  michael_t | 08/02/06
Vista improvements  mlambert890@... | 08/02/06
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single multi-language image  plumnilly | 08/03/06
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Huh?  Grayson Peddie | 08/01/06
The Problem is....  aladorn@... | 08/02/06
As Isaac Asimov quoted...  A.Sinic | 08/03/06
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