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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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| #1 By 12071 (203.173.50.141) at 11/24/2004 4:36:13 AM |
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Can't you do the same by using "Run as..."?
"c:\warez" - Interesting choice of directory name. |
| #2 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at 11/24/2004 9:08:09 PM |
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I use this for remote service all the time. Couldn't live without it.
I wish the command line wasn't so darned hard to remember though :) TL |
| #3 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 11/25/2004 5:13:15 AM |
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Set things up to run as services - assign the authority under which they will run....etc...
You can instrument them that way, too and add an awful lot of manageability and recoverability, too. This way one can run as a more limited user and not be nearly as exposed. This works best for managed corporate environments, but can work for end users, too - provided they embrace the process of running as... when required. I do think there is a great opportunity here for MS and others writing installers - to simplify this process. |
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