RE: Sub7 (SubSeven), Win2k, and IE 5.5

From: Attila Kisko (attila.kisko@FATHOMTECHNOLOGY.com)
Date: 03/21/02 

Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:54:22 +0100
From: "Attila Kisko" <attila.kisko@FATHOMTECHNOLOGY.com>
To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>

>> It is also not possible to disable NAV from the workstation -
>> it's centrally managed, and frighteningly current.
>
> can't think of a piece of software can't be disabled or at least
disrupted by someone with Administrator or root rights. If you
> can do it from the keyboard, a program can do it.

If you stop the Norton Antivirus Client service and/or the Defwatch
service from the Services MMC Snap-In, the antivirus client is stopped.
(Its icon shown on the systray will changed.) Any user with admin
privileges (and maybe power users) can do this.

BR,
Attila Kisko

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