firewall opinions

[JW]

even if burglars were naive enough to fall for that (non-existent dogs
don't bark), your home would be overrun with ants and roaches when you
come home, and homeless cats and dogs from near and far would be coming
back to your house for days, filling your yard and porch with feces.

 

[Sam]

Apparently, _JW_, on 21/02/05 13:35,typed:

another layer of defense is Not surfing the wild wild web logged in with
Administrator privileges. (surfing does not mean getting Windows
Updates.) i also go went another step, by removing all access from
Limited User accounts to the folder named \Program Files, except for
Read/Execute. so when i do surf the wild wild web using a Limited User
account, Program Files will not be replaced/corrupted by an infection or

Aren't "Program Files" folder's permissions already like that --
non-writable by restricted users? If yes, that is nice and sensible. If
no, then I am really suprised.

Sam.