Howdy,

My Question is:

Could a Windows PC get Malware between the time the Power Button is Pressed
and the time the Sign On Screen appears to Log On to a Limited Users Account?

On Newer computers it is called a Standard Users Account.

Here is what I do when I want to use my XP computer:

I turn the DSL Modem on and wait for the LED's on it to stop flashing
and all become Green before I turn on a switch to send A.C. to a Linksys BEFSX41 Router.

After the Router LED's finish blinking while it is being Set Up, after
about 30 Seconds the Three WAN LED's turn off for about a Second and all
come back on.

When the Router LED's have settled down I press the buttons to turn on my Monitor and External SyQuest EZ-Flyer230 Hard Drive.

After the SyQuest Drive LED's stop blinking I press the Power Button on the
XP computer and look at the Monitor as the computer starts up, either from being hibernated the night before or as a Cold BOOT start up.

Before the Sign On window comes on the screen I see lots of activity on
the DSL Modem and Router LED's.

When I got this XP pc I was told to create a Limited Users Account and to
use it instead of the default Admin Account the Manufacturer had on thie pc.

I was told that would help stop Virus/Malware getting in the computer.

So I did that.

Before I Log Into the Limited Users Account could Malware get in?
Thanks very much!

Ed W9ODR . .


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Hi Ed.

02 Apr 20 12:56:00, you wrote to All:

my XP computer:

...

Before I Log Into the Limited Users Account could Malware get in?

Yes.

'Tommi

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04-05-20 12:39 Tommi Koivula wrote to Ed Vance about CanPCGetMalwareB4Log-IN?

Hi Ed.

02 Apr 20 12:56:00, you wrote to All:

my XP computer:

...

Before I Log Into the Limited Users Account could Malware get in?

Yes.

Howdy! Tommi,

That's what I suspected happens but You confirming my thoughts makes
me more of a worry wart than when I wrote asking about it.

So, Turning on a computer connected to the internet makes the computer
the weakest link then?

Brrrrrrrr!

Thanks for answering my question.

73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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