Re: \winnt\system32\wbem in my PATH?

From: Ned Flanders (nedfla@hotmail.com)
Date: 08/20/02


From: "Ned Flanders" <nedfla@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:46:59 -0500


Only if you consider the ability to remotely manage a computer a security
problem. This is from the Windows Management Instrumentation and if you're
running windows Me/2000/XP it's on your system by default. Anyone trying to
exploit your computer has to already have Administrative rights to do
anything so if that's the case then WMI is the least of your worries.

"RL" <riblago@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1029790527.247884@spynews3...
> What is \winnt\system32\wbem doing in my PATH? Might it be a security
> problem?
>
> RL
>
>



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