Two Pair
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 27
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Originally Posted by CoccoBill
always run your computer with a limited account, no matter what OS. Running as root/administrator is that begging for trouble. Most malware you get infected with runs in the context of the logged on user, so whatever you can do to fcuk up your puter, that's what the malware can do.
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Please read this article on Limited User Accounts and attack vulnerability.
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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.
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