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Re: First vulnerabilities in the SP2 - XP ?...



As a work around to the issue - although not to easy to configure for the home user,

I would think if you have users who are ignorant, gullable, or just plain stupid - a windows sysadmin might consider a GPO in AD with one or more of the following policies:

User Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> System --> Prevent Access to Command Prompt

User Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> System --> Run Only Allowed Windows Applications

User Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> System --> Don't Run Specified Windows Applications

Another huge advantage would be the proper implementation of the following in an AD GPO:

Configure some Software Restriction Policies in User Configuration --> Windows Settings --> Security Settings --> Software Restrictions

and if possible, couple it with certificates. (although, i'm not too familiar with this one)

Computer Configuration --> Windows Settings --> Security Settings --> Local Policies --> Security Options --> System settings: Use Certificate Rules on Windows Executables for Software Restriction Policies