Re: Best 'ware to stop registry changes ... ?

From: Julian Moss (julian_at_invalid.invalid)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: 17 Aug 2004 08:01:25 GMT

Thomas Lee wrote:

> Rubbish. While Linux can be secured, it's not a magic panacea.

Quite right. Windows can also be secured. Most of these problems would
go away if people didn't run their machines all the time using accounts
with administrator privileges. 

-- 
Julian Moss
Tech-Pro Limited
http://www.tech-pro.net/

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