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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:49

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"qyte" <gyte@vivodinet.gr> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to take system priviledges at runtime?

That would be a very big security hole if any arbitrary application could
give itself such privileges at will whenever it wanted to.

> I mean something like Norton Antivirus has that it Doesn't
> allow a user to close it even using the task manager.

Antivirus programs tend to be implemented as services.  The OS protects
services from unauthorized access, especially termination.  All access to a
service has to be filtered through the SCM (Service Control Manager).


Gambit

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