
User Privileges and Infection
#1
Posted 17 March 2010 - 10:15 PM
CAN ALTER THE WAY THINGS ARE.
IT IS OUR PERCEPTIONS,
NOT THE WORLD ITSELF,
THAT MUST BE TRANSFORMED.
#2
Posted 17 March 2010 - 10:53 PM
I Googled "limited user account" and this was the first hit.
http://www.microsoft...seraccount.mspx
Now, how about you research your second question, then tell us the answer.
#3
Posted 17 March 2010 - 11:14 PM
The word "might" is what got my mind churning. Most of my research kept using the same cautious wording. So, I figured I would ask the most experienced people I knew who had front-line battle experience. I will get back with you when I definitively answer the second question...i.e., after a good night's sleep.If you work in a Limited User account, you might be able to decrease the effect of a virus or other malicious software.

CAN ALTER THE WAY THINGS ARE.
IT IS OUR PERCEPTIONS,
NOT THE WORLD ITSELF,
THAT MUST BE TRANSFORMED.
#4
Posted 17 March 2010 - 11:29 PM
I think that answers your question. Nothing ambiguous about that.
#5
Posted 18 March 2010 - 01:48 AM
Please consider donating to help support the continued prompt and excellent services of this site.
#6
Posted 18 March 2010 - 02:05 PM
Please support SWI forum
#7
Posted 18 March 2010 - 10:15 PM
When you say it depends upon the infection......would I be correct to assume that a "simple" infection gets limited, but a zombie-creating botnet would still overwhelm the system?It sort of depends on the infection, but generally, using a limited account is more advantageous than an administrator account (security-wise).
CAN ALTER THE WAY THINGS ARE.
IT IS OUR PERCEPTIONS,
NOT THE WORLD ITSELF,
THAT MUST BE TRANSFORMED.
#8
Posted 18 March 2010 - 10:34 PM
Likewise, can an infection on one account cross to other accounts on the same computer? My sense is "yes" for the second, due to common programs/etc....
Further research shows that, yes, the infection will effect multiple account, as I suspected, if it effects the Operating System or shared programs. Multiple accounts only keep data separate.Now, how about you research your second question, then tell us the answer.
CAN ALTER THE WAY THINGS ARE.
IT IS OUR PERCEPTIONS,
NOT THE WORLD ITSELF,
THAT MUST BE TRANSFORMED.
#9
Posted 18 March 2010 - 10:40 PM
Further research shows that, yes, the infection will effect multiple account, as I suspected, if it effects the Operating System or shared programs. Multiple accounts only keep data separate.
Well done!

#10
Posted 19 March 2010 - 12:35 PM
http://www.blueridge...download-attack
In part it states:
No, LUA still leaves computers vulnerable from drive-by download attacks that steal password/credentials, copy data records and documents, destroy files, ransom user content, serve as an attack platform inside an enterprise firewall, and serve as one of thousands of other computers as part of a Botnet. LUA just makes it more difficult for attackers to burrow their malware so deep into a computer (i.e., rootkit) that it may never be detected.
CAN ALTER THE WAY THINGS ARE.
IT IS OUR PERCEPTIONS,
NOT THE WORLD ITSELF,
THAT MUST BE TRANSFORMED.