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Yep
By admin priv. i mean they got total control, people have mentioned about them having to put files on your computer, if someone puts a file on there (a trojan) then you can be in for some real trouble,
Kiddies get trojans from security sites, (there designed for admins), and they can be configured to do all sorts, from reading your passwors, moving mouse, listening to what u say on your mic or type on your keyboard - the lot.
the word trojan is also known as a rat - remote administrative tool, meaning complete control from anywhere -
So definatly check those email attachments or you'd be getting some 12 year old kid opening your cd drive or something stupid.
I mentioned about getting admin priv. on linux, this is a bit different from a windows box, i no you said u dont know much about linux but if you go to login as ROOT then you have full control, the computer wont stop you even if your going to do soomething dangerous to it.
So you can seriously mess-up a computer if you log in as root and start changing the configuration files cause the computer wont stop you.
(sorry if i blabbled on, i just been doing college work so my minds not right)
James
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