password security

[I agree that you have to be careful abou]

When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator account,
am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the
password is cracked ? TIA. John

 

[JS]

NO!

JS

"I agree that you have to be careful abou"
<Iagreethatyouhavetobecarefulabou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4E535FD0-A460-4659-818B-6D4D56CD1615@microsoft.com...
> When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator
> account,
> am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the
> password is cracked ? TIA. John

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:06:06 -0700, I agree that you have to be careful
abou <Iagreethatyouhavetobecarefulabou@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

> When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator account,
> am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the
> password is cracked ? TIA. John



No. The fact that you are using an administrator account is
irrelevant, and the fact that it is password-protected is irrelevant.
Internet protection has nothing to do with either of these.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

No, because any application, ActiveX control or other executable that you
may launch in the process of browsing is running with Administrator level
credentials. Anything you can do, it can do.

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"I agree that you have to be careful abou"
<Iagreethatyouhavetobecarefulabou@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4E535FD0-A460-4659-818B-6D4D56CD1615@microsoft.com...
> When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator
> account,
> am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the
> password is cracked ? TIA. John

 

[Vanguard]

"I agree <blah blah blah>" wrote in message
news:4E535FD0-A460-4659-818B-6D4D56CD1615@microsoft.com...
> When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator
> account,
> am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until
> the
> password is cracked ?


You are already logged in. Malware doesn't require that it logs you out
and then it logs back in. If you download and run the pests then they
can act immediately WHILE you are logged in. They don't care what is
your login password. Some don't even require you to be logged in so
your Windows login password is irrelevant to them. If you don't use
protection while surfing or when installing any software, especially
from unknown or untrusted sources, expect to get infected.

P.S.
You couldn't pick a real moniker for yourself and had to make it
something of a sub-topic to your Subject?

 

[I agree that you have to be careful abou]

Many thanks to those who responded. To Vanguard: I am sorry that I do not
know enough of the etiquette to understand your P.S., If you care to tell me,
I would appreciate knowing where I went wrong - and I apologize anyhow.
John

"Vanguard" wrote:

> "I agree <blah blah blah>" wrote in message
> news:4E535FD0-A460-4659-818B-6D4D56CD1615@microsoft.com...
> > When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator
> > account,
> > am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until
> > the
> > password is cracked ?
>
>
> You are already logged in. Malware doesn't require that it logs you out
> and then it logs back in. If you download and run the pests then they
> can act immediately WHILE you are logged in. They don't care what is
> your login password. Some don't even require you to be logged in so
> your Windows login password is irrelevant to them. If you don't use
> protection while surfing or when installing any software, especially
> from unknown or untrusted sources, expect to get infected.
>
> P.S.
> You couldn't pick a real moniker for yourself and had to make it
> something of a sub-topic to your Subject?
>
>