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Windows Users Ignoring LUA Security

Posted by timothy on from the until-it's-easy-it's-hard dept.

blankify writes "eWeek is running a story about the least-privilege, no-admin option available in Windows (2000/XP/2003) that has been mostly ignored by end users. From the article: '"To the average user, the notion of non-admin is abstract and obscure," said Michael Howard, a senior security program manager in Microsoft Corp.'s security business and technology unit. "Most users just don't know they can set up least-privilege accounts in Windows today, and that's just a sad reality."'"

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  1. Why not admin? by TorKlingberg · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I never understood why home users should not run as admin. All files of any value will be in the user's document folder anyway.

    I use a non-root accout on my Linux box because everyone else do so. But I really don't care if my root account get compromised or just my user account. Both are eqally bad.