REQ: Help to protect computer from kids....

[Chas.]

Sorry, I don't know.

If you contacted their support people, I'm sure they could tell you.

Best,

Chas.

 

[Offbreed]

Sorry, I don't know.

If you contacted their support people, I'm sure they could tell you.

Then it's a DOS based computer?

Securing one of those against the user is a royal pain, but much easier
to back up, clone, etc.

 

[Chas.]

Okay, I think I understand now . . .

What I am suggesting is if a parent installed Prevx to a computer, he or she
could set it up so a password would be required to add any new program,
including those that might be malware, etc. So, if sonny boy decided to
visit a porn site, and the site tried to highjack the machine, in all
likelihood it wouldn't happen because sonny boy wouldn't know the password
to change the configuration . . . . The parent, knowing the password, could
make whatever changes he or she might want to make.

Does that answer it?

 

[Offbreed]

Okay, I think I understand now . . .

What I am suggesting is if a parent installed Prevx to a computer,

Well, it sounds like you have a DOS based computer (that means Win3,
Win95, Win98, maybe a couple more), and anything you add *can* be
disabled by the user. And *will* be disabled, if the kid is told that he
cannot download titty pictures because Prevx is blocking it.

An alternative I have not noticed anyone mention yet is to put your hard
drive in a removable carriage, and have a separate one for him.
Shutdown, swap, and away. Be sure to keep yours locked up or he will try
to switch when his gets too screwed up.

You might be able to patch his in on a USB port and run malware scanners
on it now and then, from your hard drive.

I'd still opt for breaking his fingers or buying a subscription to Hustler.

 

[Todd H.]

Can users install to NT based computers without an admin password?

It depends. Most NT-based user accounts are defined with full
priv's.

If however the user is set up as a limited user, or whatever the
parlance was back then, that user would be technically restricted
from installing software.

However, local privilege escalation on an NT/2000/2003 box is pretty
trivial.