Users' Admin Logins Make Most Windows Malware Worse

nandemoari writes "A new analysis claims that over 90% of the Windows security vulnerabilities reported last year were made worse by users logged in with administrative privileges — an issue Microsoft has been hotly debating recently. According to BeyondTrust Corp., the result of the analysis of the 154 critical Microsoft vulnerabilities indicated that a full 92% could have been prevented if users were not logged into their systems with administrator status. BTC believes that restricting the number of users who can log in with these privileges will 'close the window of opportunity' for attackers. This is particularly true for users of Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office."

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Windows is busted

[Spit]

Just look at a windows system:

- Random dlls, configs, assets and exes in WINDOWS dir.

- dlls, data, configs and exes in Program Files.

- Some data and configs in Documents and Settings.

- Registry.

There's no getting past the single user heritage.