I have admin and limited user account on my PC. I always run in
limited user account, except when installing program and doing other
system maintenance work.

In limited user account, when I install a program, it will pop up a
dialog to ask for admin password.

Suppose that under limited user account, I by mistake downloaded
virus/trojan, can this virus/trojan/key logger steal the admin
password when I try to install a program?

I know that I'll be safe if I switch to admin account to do the
installation.

And yes, there is a possibility that the virus will change the program
I want to install. Let's ignore this possibility for now.

I am running Win7.

Thanks.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I have admin and limited user account on my PC. I always run in
> limited user account, except when installing program and doing other
> system maintenance work.
>
> In limited user account, when I install a program, it will pop up a
> dialog to ask for admin password.
>
> Suppose that under limited user account, I by mistake downloaded
> virus/trojan, can this virus/trojan/key logger steal the admin
> password when I try to install a program?
>
> I know that I'll be safe if I switch to admin account to do the
> installation.
>
> And yes, there is a possibility that the virus will change the program
> I want to install. Let's ignore this possibility for now.
>
> I am running Win7.

Deja Vu.

On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:11:38 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I have admin and limited user account on my PC. I always run in
> limited user account, except when installing program and doing other
> system maintenance work.
>
> In limited user account, when I install a program, it will pop up a
> dialog to ask for admin password.
>
> Suppose that under limited user account, I by mistake downloaded
> virus/trojan, can this virus/trojan/key logger steal the admin
> password when I try to install a program?
>
> I know that I'll be safe if I switch to admin account to do the
> installation.

I can't believe that you'd be safe.

> And yes, there is a possibility that the virus will change the program
> I want to install. Let's ignore this possibility for now.
>
> I am running Win7.
>
> Thanks.

The best path I see is to obtain a bootable antivirus CD or DVD and boot
from it to clean your system. *Before* doing *anything* else.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)