On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:40:13 +0100, [H]omer wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Is Windows inherently more vulnerable to malware attacks than OS X?
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>>| So, after all this, do I have enough to judge Windows inherently
>>| more vulnerable to severe malware than OS X? I do.
> <...>
>> http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/08/is_windows_inhe.html
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> The <SYSTEM> user and that other abortion known as svchost are two of
> the least transparent and least secure things about Windows. Bring up
> task manager and look at the list of processes; now tell me what each of
> those svchost.exe entries are actually doing?
Actually, just open up a command prompt and type "tasklist /svc" to see
what's in them.
> Now do "ps -A | less" on a Linux box, and tell me what is not
> transparent about *that*.
Yeah, and that's so different from what I did above.
> And how easy is it to get superuser (SYSTEM) privileges under Windows?
>
> start -> run -> "at hh:mm /interactive cmd.exe"
> ] cd %WINDIR%"\..\System Volume Information"
> etc.
>
> Note: no password required .. at all.
Note: you need to be an administrator to do that.
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