Guest I agree that you have to be careful abou Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator account, am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the password is cracked ? TIA. John
Guest JS Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: password security NO! JS "I agree that you have to be careful abou" <Iagreethatyouhavetobecarefulabou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4E535FD0-A460-4659-818B-6D4D56CD1615@microsoft.com... > When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator > account, > am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the > password is cracked ? TIA. John
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: password security On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:06:06 -0700, I agree that you have to be careful abou <Iagreethatyouhavetobecarefulabou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator account, > am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the > password is cracked ? TIA. John No. The fact that you are using an administrator account is irrelevant, and the fact that it is password-protected is irrelevant. Internet protection has nothing to do with either of these. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: password security No, because any application, ActiveX control or other executable that you may launch in the process of browsing is running with Administrator level credentials. Anything you can do, it can do. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "I agree that you have to be careful abou" <Iagreethatyouhavetobecarefulabou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4E535FD0-A460-4659-818B-6D4D56CD1615@microsoft.com... > When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator > account, > am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the > password is cracked ? TIA. John
Guest Vanguard Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: password security "I agree <blah blah blah>" wrote in message news:4E535FD0-A460-4659-818B-6D4D56CD1615@microsoft.com... > When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator > account, > am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until > the > password is cracked ? You are already logged in. Malware doesn't require that it logs you out and then it logs back in. If you download and run the pests then they can act immediately WHILE you are logged in. They don't care what is your login password. Some don't even require you to be logged in so your Windows login password is irrelevant to them. If you don't use protection while surfing or when installing any software, especially from unknown or untrusted sources, expect to get infected. P.S. You couldn't pick a real moniker for yourself and had to make it something of a sub-topic to your Subject?
Guest I agree that you have to be careful abou Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: password security Many thanks to those who responded. To Vanguard: I am sorry that I do not know enough of the etiquette to understand your P.S., If you care to tell me, I would appreciate knowing where I went wrong - and I apologize anyhow. John "Vanguard" wrote: > "I agree <blah blah blah>" wrote in message > news:4E535FD0-A460-4659-818B-6D4D56CD1615@microsoft.com... > > When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator > > account, > > am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until > > the > > password is cracked ? > > > You are already logged in. Malware doesn't require that it logs you out > and then it logs back in. If you download and run the pests then they > can act immediately WHILE you are logged in. They don't care what is > your login password. Some don't even require you to be logged in so > your Windows login password is irrelevant to them. If you don't use > protection while surfing or when installing any software, especially > from unknown or untrusted sources, expect to get infected. > > P.S. > You couldn't pick a real moniker for yourself and had to make it > something of a sub-topic to your Subject? > >
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