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Question on the Security of a Standard Account on Windows 10
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<blockquote data-quote="ChoiceVoice" data-source="post: 883466" data-attributes="member: 28876"><p>my kids like to do minecraft modding. this is what i'd consider a higher risk activity (java software made by unknown programmers). they sign in with their own non admin account (with microsoft parental controls on). my separate admin account is also on that system. i was wondering if anyone has tested how robust the division is between accounts? has there been any rootkits or malware or trojans or whatevers that has managed to find security holes and pass to the other side and infect it?</p><p></p><p>i have noted that when my kids are installing something, that sometimes their account requires the admin password. how much penetration is this giving into my account from theirs? (and no, the mods do not require admin password, luckily - but Minecraft did when it was installed. so i have a copy of minecraft on my side, that is not used, and they have theirs, but with theirs, they add the mods, which mine does not have -- confused yet? lol). </p><p></p><p>(and AVs used are irrelevant to this discussion, the robustness of the built-in account separation is my curiosity and whether someone should trust it, say to do banking in a different account). - and i get that if they were infected with a keylogger that my admin password could be compromised from their account.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChoiceVoice, post: 883466, member: 28876"] my kids like to do minecraft modding. this is what i'd consider a higher risk activity (java software made by unknown programmers). they sign in with their own non admin account (with microsoft parental controls on). my separate admin account is also on that system. i was wondering if anyone has tested how robust the division is between accounts? has there been any rootkits or malware or trojans or whatevers that has managed to find security holes and pass to the other side and infect it? i have noted that when my kids are installing something, that sometimes their account requires the admin password. how much penetration is this giving into my account from theirs? (and no, the mods do not require admin password, luckily - but Minecraft did when it was installed. so i have a copy of minecraft on my side, that is not used, and they have theirs, but with theirs, they add the mods, which mine does not have -- confused yet? lol). (and AVs used are irrelevant to this discussion, the robustness of the built-in account separation is my curiosity and whether someone should trust it, say to do banking in a different account). - and i get that if they were infected with a keylogger that my admin password could be compromised from their account. [/QUOTE]
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