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Question on the Security of a Standard Account on Windows 10
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 883685" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>On what evidence you think that "it seems that ..."?</p><p>The situation is rather clear. If Minecraft uses a service or can run some processes with Admin rights, then there is no separation. If not then it is a separation.</p><p>If Minecraft shares files outside the %UserProfile% and the game is played also on the Admin account, then there is no separation.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Microsoft's claims are well proved by the statistics of infections. For example, the well-known sandboxing application ReHIPS uses account separation. The account separation is very strong, but it can be exploited. There were such exploits, but they were very quickly patched by Microsoft. The account separation is probably the strongest feature in your setup. If your admin account will be infected, then the account separation will be the most improbable source of it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The tests are done on the Admin account, because most home users are infected on the Admin account. This is the standard method of testing AVs, which is used all around the world. If you would test the malware samples on SUA (Standard User Account), then this would be like to taste a cake with a plastic wrapper<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 883685, member: 32260"] On what evidence you think that "it seems that ..."? The situation is rather clear. If Minecraft uses a service or can run some processes with Admin rights, then there is no separation. If not then it is a separation. If Minecraft shares files outside the %UserProfile% and the game is played also on the Admin account, then there is no separation. Microsoft's claims are well proved by the statistics of infections. For example, the well-known sandboxing application ReHIPS uses account separation. The account separation is very strong, but it can be exploited. There were such exploits, but they were very quickly patched by Microsoft. The account separation is probably the strongest feature in your setup. If your admin account will be infected, then the account separation will be the most improbable source of it. The tests are done on the Admin account, because most home users are infected on the Admin account. This is the standard method of testing AVs, which is used all around the world. If you would test the malware samples on SUA (Standard User Account), then this would be like to taste a cake with a plastic wrapper(y). [/QUOTE]
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