A Home User's Security Checklist for Windows

A Home User's Security Checklist for Windows
Scott Granneman, 2004-02-13

Most people don't secure their computers or act in a secure manner, and the main reason is that the average user just doesn't know what to do. Here is a checklist on security for home computer users that you can share with your friends, family, churches and clubs.

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announcements, not patches 2004-02-23
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Phishing 2004-02-23
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You need a full CompSci degree to use OSX !? 2004-02-18
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Software that requires Administrator rights 2004-02-23
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Software that requires Administrator rights 2004-02-24
Anonymous

If Microsoft would make a working sudo (or allow me to use Run As... to start cmd.exe, explorer, and mmc successfully, rather than having spawned processes not always keep the elevated privileges), it would make life *so* much easier.

Heck, I'd even be pretty happy if we could get the suid-bit can-o-worms on NTFS; I have several users who use or or two apps that don't run right without admin privs, but who I don't like the current local-admin solution for.

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