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Title: The best way to prevent malware intrusion is non admin account? Post by: accord01 on June 17, 2011, 02:02:43 AM I read in another forum that 90% of malwares, viruses and keyloggers, are of no use if you contracted them from a non admin account for windows.
So basically, using a windows account that does not have admin privileges is the best way to prevent an intrusion? I find that hard to believe since non admin accounts for windows do have access to all folders in the hard drive such as registries and stuff. Anyhow, i hope somebody familiar with this subject could chime in. Title: Re: The best way to prevent malware intrusion is non admin account? Post by: LegitBit on June 17, 2011, 02:21:02 AM Non admin accounts cannot run certain levels of execution required by many malware applications.
Technically, even running as an 'admin' is not really an admin in windows vista+ unless UAC is turned off. Regular 'power users' can change most settings, install software, and modify local policies, but machine-wide settings often require an admin. The safest way to run is in a protected 'guest' account that resets after use. In Vista this could be achieved with Microsoft Steadystate, but windows 7 provides similar features built in. Or, alternatively you can use a virtual machine only for bitcoin. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ef232619-7600-4768-b111-f60ba13862ea Title: Re: The best way to prevent malware intrusion is non admin account? Post by: tnkflx on June 21, 2011, 09:45:24 AM The best way to prevent malware is to think before you act.
Besides that: - Keep your software updated. - Don't open mails from unknown people and unknown sites. - Install Adblock Plus and NoScript for Firefox. - ... |