On 11/2/06, Roger A. Grimes wrote:
So, if you're statement is accurate that malware would need to be placed in a directory identified by the PATH statement, we can relax because that would require Administrator access to pull off. Admin access would be needed to modify the PATH statement appropriately to include the user's desktop or some other new user writable location or Admin access would be needed to copy a file into the locations indicated by the default PATH statement.
It would not require *administrator* access--non-administrator users can still add things to their own PATHs, just not to the universal, system PATH. (See Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables.) -Eliah