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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 941529" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>Yes. It is much easier to protect the computer when daily work is done on SUA.</p><p>But even on SUA, the attacker can use social engineering and convince the user to use credentials or use ransomware which does not need to elevate. The important protection for average users is blocking the malware delivery paths. This is usually done by blocking the email attachments that include executables and scripts, blocking malware URLs & phishing, blocking malicious ADs, blocking files with very low prevalence, etc. Even delaying by one day the execution of the file downloaded from the Internet can significantly increase safety (like in the example of IOBit malware). The infection rate can be also significantly reduced by applying a few safe habits and learning to recognize a scam.</p><p>AV protection is also very important, but not the current differences between AVs. I think that these differences are much less important compared to users' safe habits and common sense.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite132" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /></p><p></p><p>Edit.</p><p>I am not sure if we are still on topic. The OP was about Windows Firewall.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 941529, member: 32260"] Yes. It is much easier to protect the computer when daily work is done on SUA. But even on SUA, the attacker can use social engineering and convince the user to use credentials or use ransomware which does not need to elevate. The important protection for average users is blocking the malware delivery paths. This is usually done by blocking the email attachments that include executables and scripts, blocking malware URLs & phishing, blocking malicious ADs, blocking files with very low prevalence, etc. Even delaying by one day the execution of the file downloaded from the Internet can significantly increase safety (like in the example of IOBit malware). The infection rate can be also significantly reduced by applying a few safe habits and learning to recognize a scam. AV protection is also very important, but not the current differences between AVs. I think that these differences are much less important compared to users' safe habits and common sense.:unsure: Edit. I am not sure if we are still on topic. The OP was about Windows Firewall.:) [/QUOTE]
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