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    Vista: Limited User vs. Admin+Sandboxie

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by alekkh, Apr 28, 2008.

  1. alekkh

    alekkh Notebook Evangelist

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    Limited User account
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    Sandboxie+Administrative account

    Which one is more secure and why? Is Vista Limited user any safer than it was in XP?
     
    alekkh, Apr 28, 2008
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  2. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    if you pay attention to what you are downloading and use a good firewall, you should be fine with a normal Administrator account
     
    timtravel42, Apr 28, 2008
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  3. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    I agree with v3loc1ty2.0, but out of those two i would say that "Sandboxie+Administrative account" would be the safest. Anything you run in Sandboxie won't get into your system, such as viruses and the like. With a limited account it can still happen.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 28, 2008
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    yeah if I had to pick between the two, i would use an admin account with Sandboxie
     
    timtravel42, Apr 28, 2008
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  5. alekkh

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    thank you, the answer looks clear to me.
     
    alekkh, Apr 29, 2008
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  6. KernalPanic

    KernalPanic White Knight

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    This is very bad advice....
    Anyone who thinks they are too smart to be hacked is their own network's worst weakness.

    You should never be logged in as Admin save when you need it. (and quite frankly you shouldn't need it often)

    Good firewalls and programs that stop auto-execution (or check execution with the user) are advisable at all times, but there is not a single program which is better for security than a paranoid user.
     
    KernalPanic, Apr 29, 2008
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  7. msf12555

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    Very True.
     
    msf12555, Apr 29, 2008
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