Security Basics: Re: protect MS Windows 95/98/Me

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2003-09-24 Robert Reidenbach wrote:
> I'm looking for a software that you can install on MS Windows 95/98/Me
> Machines that won't allow an ordinary user to install any programs or
> allow any virus to infect any files. Would anybody know what they call
> these programs and where to get them? Any kind of help will be
> appreciated.
AFAIK this is not possible, since Windows 9x does not provide (real)
user management, permissions and the like. Even if there was a software
doing what you described, it could be easily disabled.
I suggest you rather move on to Linux, Windows 2000 (or XP if you must),
OS X or something like that. Don't waste your time on trying to secure
Windows 9x.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers

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