"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:i9lass$fd3$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> He was quoting again (from the link provided), without specifically
>> saying so.
>
> I was aware of this and that is why my question to him. Unfortunately he
> keeps on repeating this bad posting habit

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>> It brings to mind something many people will continue to overlook, that
>> is that stolen user mode processing power (even sandboxed user mode
>> processing power) can be nearly as valuable to the thieves as admin mode
>> processing power. If a user mode, update capable botnet, can remain
>> active long enough, it can escalate its privilege and adopt worm
>> characteristics when the next vulnerability presents itself. It only
>> really needs admin level to increase its persistence through stealth and
>> reboot survivability.
>
> It is not that people overlook but rather they are ignorant to this fact

Yes, and because many are too focused on recovery rather than prevention.
Making recovery easy or even automatic does not prevent them from stealing
clock cycles during a session, they should focus less on what harm they can
do *to* their computer and focus more on what harm they can do *with* their
computer.

>> Unfortunately, the existence of an admin account does not guarantee the
>> existence of an administrator.
>
> No sir it does not
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