Manage user rights to minimize incidence of spam

A recent ComputerWorld story noted that a very efficient way to overcome exploits in Windows is to limit the rights of end users. ITWorld’s James Gaskin responded today with a wonderful and to-the-point piece of advice on how to handle the inevitable complaints that result from just such an action, and that is to tell them, “It’s not your *&#%*&$ computer!” I love it!

To get right to the point, limiting the rights of end users can go a long way toward eliminating common mistakes that the uneducated masses make all too frequently, such as running executables that come in their email, or downloading a cute screen saver program from an unknown source. Both of these actions are potentially dangerous sources of malware and spam, and could even result in your PCs unwittingly becoming part of a botnet.