Re: DVD disks driving me mad

"Tickettyboo" <tickettyboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3vm1s6F16f7scU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In news:1h75s7b.107ss151r1ihuqN%datasmog@xxxxxxxxxxx,
> ray whispered softly in my ear...:
>> MCC <mcc5959@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Why would I want a password on this computer? I'm the only person
>>> that uses it and this is the only one I have, or likely to have ;-(
>>
>> Ooo goodo. Logged in as Admin and no password?
>>
>> I will send you an .exe attachment which when clicked will
>> apparently do nothing.
>
> and when deleted out of hand will just disappear into thin air and
> do no one any harm whatsoever :-)

LOL!!!
Good point!
:-)

BUT...
As we all know, there are in fact very many (millions!) of people,
all over the world who *do* quite happily (maybe unknowingly &
unwittingly?) allow stuff like that to Run?

& if they are Logged on using the normal, Default User Account that
has Full "Administrative Privileges", then the MalWare can do pretty
much whatever it wants.

& there *are* actually plenty of *Websites* around (not just stuff
that comes in an eMail or on a CD) that will *encourage* people to
"Just Click here" to access the "Page" (or the "Content" as they call
it)

& what about that Sony DRM (Digital Rights Management) stuff?

The MalWare that is Installed on a machine, when people just Play a CD?
That causes all sorts of probs, such as CD Rom Drives not working
& excessive Disk & Processor usage etc,

That sort of thing can't Install if the Machine is being Run by a User
who is Logged on using an Account that *isn't* one with "Administrative
Privileges"

--
pmj


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