RE: zotob
"Nick Wells" <[email protected]>
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The first to points are interesting, but it would be easier to just rename the admin account /me thinks. Nick Wells Windows Administrator I-2000, Inc -----Original Message----- From: John D. Patota [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 14:13 To: [email protected] Subject: zotob Its my estimate it will only be a few days until this hits windows XP. Some useful information is at http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/zotob_a.shtml The biggest thing I can think of is to have users assign strong passwords to their Administrator accounts. If you want to do things right, take the following steps: - Disable the Admin account entirely and take it out of every group - Create a separate account with administrator permissions whose username is inconspicuous - Primarily use an account with minimal permissions, when installing programs and doing other various administrative duties you can right click on the program and select "run as" This is the type of mentality UNIX and subsequently macs use that most windows users haven't caught on to yet. I just hope when vista comes out Microsoft will smarten up and tighten administrator access.