If I try to check the properties of windows\temp as a User after copying the executable as a User I am still denied access. Doesn't this suggest...
I initially couldn't execute either if the file was dropped as an admin. However if I dropped it as a user, then that same user could execute....
Cool - glad I could help 8) Yes, my admittedly feeble understanding of these things suggests that is quite plausible. It will have to be one...
Ok, I think I've figured it out 8) Standard Users (on the 2 PCs in my house) have special permissions to c:\windows\temp: consisting of...
Thanks heaps for your input Sully. My results seem totally bizarre then. You CAN see the binary but NOT execute it - I CAN'T see the binary but...
While I'm not happy that you are having issues with SRP; I am glad that I'm not the only one ;) Even if I set a path rule to block the actual...
Woo-hoo I get to post some screenshots! Here they are (I hope!!) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree that the Temp folder needs to be able to execute files when installing software, but one of the major points of having standard user...
Hi x942. To answer your questions: 1) Using SRP. Have Win7 Pro so no applocker available. 2) Yes DLL restrictions are applied. 3)...
Thanks hawki - great read!!
Hi hpmnick, thanks for your continued interest. Yes I have the deny rule applied to c:\windows\temp and have tried all combinations of \, *,...
I'm logged in as a standard user and open a standard command prompt (ie. NOT Run As Admin). SRP works as expected and prevents executions from a...
I have a default deny software restriction policy in place, with path rules allowing unrestricted access to the windows and program files folders....
I can confirm your findings with Emsisoft Emergency Kit - it only scans a total of 14 files within System32/Drivers. Hitman Pro scans all files...
Welcome Dragonchaser, good to have another aussie on board! My understanding is that links to malware sites or examples of malware are not...
Thanks for the info J L I do have DEP at opt-out so should be good to go!
I've only recently added EMET but so far so good, nothing seems to have been broken. I added all the programs listed at...
Thank you both for your input. As often happens around here we get two completely opposite recommendations, but I still appreciate them both :)...
Where does the major security risk lie in the use of ActiveX? Is it the possibility of downloading an unsafe/malicious ActiveX Control? Or is it...
I seem to recall a website once (can't remember the one) which didn't accept drag and drop, so used context menu copy and paste instead. KeePass...
When I want to use my log-ins on a laptop I just use KeePass as a portable app on a USB Drive and copy the KeePass database file from my desktop...
I agree with moontan - use everything the OS provides first. I feel very safe in a Standard User Account along with a default deny Software...
I've used KeePass 1.x for quite some time now and think its very good. I can't state from a position of knowledge whether it is totally secure...
Just added a signature to my profile but it didn't appear on any of my older posts. I guess sigs are not retrospective. Just posting this to see...
My CyberPower UPS still charges the battery even when switched off, as long as it is plugged in and the power at the wall is still on. I turn...
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