Vista - Re: Interesting but sad - OT

06-10-2009

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:19:57 -0400, "Richard Urban"
<richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>
>It sure looks to me like the perps went "through" a vulnerable application
>to get at the servers themselves - where they deleted all files. Vista and
>Windows 7 would NOT allow this to happen unless a person was foolish enough
>to run these systems with UAC disabled. The first couple of UAC file
>deletion warnings would have been a dead give away that something was going
>on.

You still seem to have a major disconnect understanding the difference
between a desktop operating system and a server operating system.

As for what the windows desktop OS's would allow - don't bet any money
on your supposition that they would not allow access to areas of the
OS via the application. Your suggestions are simplistic at best.

06-10-2009	#1 (permalink)
+Bob+ n/a posts	Re: Interesting but sad - OT On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:19:57 -0400, "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > >It sure looks to me like the perps went "through" a vulnerable application >to get at the servers themselves - where they deleted all files. Vista and >Windows 7 would NOT allow this to happen unless a person was foolish enough >to run these systems with UAC disabled. The first couple of UAC file >deletion warnings would have been a dead give away that something was going >on. You still seem to have a major disconnect understanding the difference between a desktop operating system and a server operating system. As for what the windows desktop OS's would allow - don't bet any money on your supposition that they would not allow access to areas of the OS via the application. Your suggestions are simplistic at best.
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