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Should I protect my antivirus with password or it doesn't matter ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Parsh" data-source="post: 867691" data-attributes="member: 58090"><p>Another major reason to provide password protection besides what [USER=83059]@MacDefender[/USER] mentioned, is to prevent unauthorized manual disabling of your AV modules in case a remote attacker has (remote) access to your machine.</p><p>Anyways, a small bunch of sophisticated malware has been capable of disabling some security suites in other ways as we've read at places (And the AVs try to keep up). If password protection is linked to the GUI toggle, it might not help during a non-GUI based attack in this context.</p><p>Some AVs need you to enter that password not only when disabling components but also when taking decisions on rules and detected threats. Again helpful in case of unauthorized remote access.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well I see that there's a registry change and also a GP edit option allowing disabling of WD.</p><p>Have you tried (or read about) that and shouldn't WD alert about a script disabling WD or its Temper Protection?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Parsh, post: 867691, member: 58090"] Another major reason to provide password protection besides what [USER=83059]@MacDefender[/USER] mentioned, is to prevent unauthorized manual disabling of your AV modules in case a remote attacker has (remote) access to your machine. Anyways, a small bunch of sophisticated malware has been capable of disabling some security suites in other ways as we've read at places (And the AVs try to keep up). If password protection is linked to the GUI toggle, it might not help during a non-GUI based attack in this context. Some AVs need you to enter that password not only when disabling components but also when taking decisions on rules and detected threats. Again helpful in case of unauthorized remote access. Well I see that there's a registry change and also a GP edit option allowing disabling of WD. Have you tried (or read about) that and shouldn't WD alert about a script disabling WD or its Temper Protection? [/QUOTE]
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