Re: Probably a silly Question

From: BOFH (john.hamilton70_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:37:01 +0100

Thanks guys

I was just confirming the obvious. The reason for asking was last years
attack by blaster. If my laptop users were normal users, would the blaster
have still gotten onto our network?

BOFH

"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote in message
news:#pyMC9#oEHA.800@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Definitely. Maybe not just because they are logged on as a regular user
> which by itself can be a factor, but because if they are in a privileged
> account they can reconfigure their computer and applications which may
> include installing software [kazaa,etc], tcp/ip configuration, create
> shares, virus protection program, firewall, or Windows Updates. --- Steve
>
>
> "BOFH" <john.hamilton70@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:2ro87qF1cnom1U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > If all my users are plain users, is it less likely our network will
> > contract
> > a virus?
> >
> >
> > BOFH
> >
> >
>
>

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