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Browsing the Web and Reading E-mail Safely as an Administrator | |
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| Time: 02:39 EST/07:39 GMT | News Source: Microsoft | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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I've said this many times, but I'll say it again, "Running with an administrative account is dangerous to the health of your computer and your data." So, whenever someone says they must operate their computers as administrators, I always try to persuade them it's not the correct thing to do from a security perspective. That said, every once in a while I meet someone who has a valid reason. For example, I use one of the computers in my office to install the latest daily build of Windows, and I need to be an administrator to install the OS. However, and this is a big point, I do not read e-mail, browse the Web, or access the Internet in any form when running as an administrator on that machine. And I do not do so because the Web is the source of most of the nasty attacks today. | ||
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