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Re: Windows users unprotected against viruses
« Reply #30 on: 13 January 2006, 21:34 »
I think it's that alot of viruses take advantage of operating system flaws, but I don't even know if that's true.
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Re: Windows users unprotected against viruses
« Reply #31 on: 14 January 2006, 17:21 »
Quote from: worker201
^^true - Windows virus protection is provided by 3rd party companies


Windows NT of any flavour does offer some protection against viruses it's called running everything under a limited locked down user account - it's been enough to protect my system so far.
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Re: Windows users unprotected against viruses
« Reply #32 on: 14 January 2006, 19:34 »
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Windows NT of any flavour does offer some protection against viruses it's called running everything under a limited locked down user account - it's been enough to protect my system so far.
Pity it's disabled by default. Perhaps you should make your own distribution... OH, nevermind.
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Re: Windows users unprotected against viruses
« Reply #33 on: 14 January 2006, 19:37 »
I don't have to make a distribution, there's an existing Windows distro that does this, it's called Windows 2003. ;)
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Re: Windows users unprotected against viruses
« Reply #34 on: 14 January 2006, 19:58 »
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I don't have to make a distribution, there's an existing Windows distro that does this, it's called Windows 2003. ;)
Ah, nice. I can't find where to download it on microsoft.com though :/
Could you post me a copy?
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Re: Windows users unprotected against viruses
« Reply #35 on: 14 January 2006, 20:40 »
You can download it using a Gnutella client of you choice. :)
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Re: Windows users unprotected against viruses
« Reply #36 on: 15 January 2006, 02:38 »
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I don't have to make a distribution, there's an existing Windows distro that does this, it's called Windows 2003. ;)

I don't think Windows 2003 creates a limited account by default...I think it just creates Administrator and nothing else (as opposed to XP which creates a second admin account).
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Re: Windows users unprotected against viruses
« Reply #37 on: 15 January 2006, 19:06 »
I can't be bothered but you can always try it, see this thread for details of the free trial:http://www.techzonez.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4822
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