โMar-25-2019 09:50 PM
โMar-27-2019 06:42 PM
j3ff9ack wrote:T18skyguy wrote:
When you make yourself an administrator, it puts you at risk somehow? Can someone explain how that happens?
If you run as administrator all the time, and you happen to visit a malicious web site or open an e-mail with a malicious attachment, the malicious code then executes with administrative privileges and can easily exploit your entire computer and others on your home network.
If you run with normal user privileges and do the same thing, the malicious code only has your user privileges and the amount of damage is minimized due to the lower privilege.
This is much more important when you are on a corporate network with thousands of other computers than if you are just at home, but the same principle applies
โMar-27-2019 05:38 PM
T18skyguy wrote:
When you make yourself an administrator, it puts you at risk somehow? Can someone explain how that happens?
โMar-27-2019 05:26 PM
โMar-27-2019 11:55 AM
โMar-26-2019 07:41 PM
โMar-26-2019 10:59 AM
โMar-26-2019 08:50 AM
GordonThree wrote:
Why do you always need to be administrator? That prompt is for your protection, mainly to stop "hidden" installs from happening without your consent.
โMar-26-2019 08:20 AM
Fizz wrote:GordonThree wrote:
Why do you always need to be administrator? That prompt is for your protection, mainly to stop "hidden" installs from happening without your consent.
The Administrator has a password not shared with the kids etc.
โMar-26-2019 06:07 AM
GordonThree wrote:
Why do you always need to be administrator? That prompt is for your protection, mainly to stop "hidden" installs from happening without your consent.
โMar-26-2019 05:44 AM
โMar-26-2019 01:23 AM