Re: Can Vista be "locked down" ?

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ray;1141960 Wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:24:01 -0700, pc nerd wrote:

I have a laptop with 64-bit Home Premium. I'm using IE 8. I have
some questions regarding "locking down" Vista with the tools
supplied by Vista.

I'm using IE 8. I've read that it uses protected mode & that the
IE
code
is isolated from the OS code. Does that mean that it is
impossible
for
my laptop to be infected by viruses, spyware, etc. ?

The following is from the boook, "Windows Vista Unleashed".

"Administrators group-Members of this group run as standard
users,
but
are able to elevate their privileges when required just by
clicking a button in a dialog box.

(That must be why I need to click the button on the dialog box.)

Standard users group-These are the least-privileged users,
although they, too, can elevate their privileges when needed.
However, they require access to an administrator password to do
so."

Well, that's confusing! Administrator runs as standard user. Then
why setup a standard account when the administrator runs as a
standard
user?

What other settings in IE 8 can I set or change to make IE 8 more
secure?

Thank you.
David > >

First line of defense would be to install mozilla firefox and use it
instead of IE - it's much more secure. If you're really serious about
security, I would also suggest you start looking at alternatives to
MS -
they make the least secure line of systems on the planet.


With all due respect, I don't think you know what you are talking
about. You better update yourself with some professional data (
http://174.133.151.130/~nsslabsc/test-reports/NSS%20Labs%20Browser%20Se
curity%20-%20Socially%20Engineered%20Malware%20Q3%202009.pdf ).

If you were to read the entire report, what this doesn't say is that the
'browsers' don't actually block anything.

Each of them goes to some list of blocked sites maintained somewhere,
either each publisher has it available via the internet, meaning each
browser contact wherever and see if the site was blocked or not...or, it
'updates' a list it holds locally that it checks first.

At least that's what I got out of it........

So it's not really a study of which browser is more secure, its a study of
which list is kept up to date better.


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