Admin user

[K9 Kai Niggemann]

On 30.06.2011, at 23:31, James Coplin wrote:

> This is a good idea on PC too.  You having to enter you admin password to
> do something adminy is different than being logged in as an admin user.  A
> mal process can do whatever it wants if you are logged in as admin.  

Ah, OK, got that now!

Thanks for the clarification. 



> By
> limiting your access, and never logging in as admin unless you need, gives
> you a layer of protection against the evils.  I chew out everyone whose
> computers are under my care about this.  It has saved several friends and
> families big time when they did get a nasty bug.

Yes, on the Mac it really makes sense to prepare for the nasties now, as I'm sure they are only weeks to months away now...

Kai