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Debunking the WMF backdoor
Thomas C. Greene, 2006-01-23

Claims that the WMF vulnerability was an intentional backdoor into Windows systems makes for an interesting conspiracy theory, but doesn't fit with the facts.

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Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-24
Anonymous
"Microsoft still encourages users to run Windows as administrators, because it believes that logging in is too much trouble for the average point-and-drool civilian."

I would not say they "still" encourage this as documented here:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/online/logoff_admin
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