Clear Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 I think something else has got control of you pc then as mine does not do that. The author of the software already confirmed the behavior I reported on this discussion, if you read it. He says that the settings made by the administrator have no effect when other users run the program. Get rid of the firewall your using (it's not windows firewall is it) Good idea. If I don't like what my firewall is telling me, shut it off! And if I see a traffic accident happening in front of me, close my eyes! No, of course it is not Windows firewall. That thing trusts most anything malicious software wants to do, including most of the spying Microsoft programs want to do. So the OS you're running on right now doesn't do anything you don't know about? Or even other programs running on it? If you're going to be incredibly anal about security then I'd just stop living. Security can only be built by humans, and it's humans that break security down. I'm sorry to say it, but there's not perfect security... or world.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 on first install just after installer finishes and runs Imgburn If ticked, it asks you then if you want to allow check for update. I know. And I said No. Then when I logged in as a non-admin user, it went ahead and checked for updates anyway. I know you understand why it works like this though, don't make it out to be something it's not. It went ahead and checked for updates because THAT user hadn't told it not to (and ok, there's no way to do that without first loading the program or manually editing the registry). The bottom line is, the program is not aware of other users and their chosen settings. The options selected at any given time ONLY apply to the user they're selected under. It's like me having SKY TV fitted and my neighbour complaing that they can't get it. Why should they? It's on my house, not theirs. In any case, I've done what I mentioned in a previous post about the 'Install for All Users' thing. If you want your personal 'check for updates' setting to apply to all users (on first run at least), just tick that box in the installer. If you don't, you'll have the same problem again if you wipe out the 'normal users' settings.
skipit Posted April 25, 2007 Author Posted April 25, 2007 In any case, I've done what I mentioned in a previous post about the 'Install for All Users' thing. If you want your personal 'check for updates' setting to apply to all users (on first run at least), just tick that box in the installer. If you don't, you'll have the same problem again if you wipe out the 'normal users' settings. Cool. Thank you. Sorry this produced so much shouting.
volvofl10 Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 Good idea. If I don't like what my firewall is telling me, shut it off! And if I see a traffic accident happening in front of me, close my eyes! you will anyway, about a quarter of a second before impact ..........human nature ( knew i would eventually find a proper use for that smilie )
polopony Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 Good idea. If I don't like what my firewall is telling me, shut it off! And if I see a traffic accident happening in front of me, close my eyes! you will anyway, about a quarter of a second before impact ..........human nature ( knew i would eventually find a proper use for that smilie ) and the accepted exclamation is OH SHIT and then the air bag pops
blutach Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 Not much use for a softpedia guarantee these days is there? The real bottom line is as people have said. This is LUK!'s program. People can suggest all they like for how it is run, but he makes the decisions (as he has). It's not as if anyone has been forced to pay for it that they can demand he change it and tell him it stinks of spyware. Regards
polopony Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 although a few have mentioned that it blew up their hard drives disrupted their lives and caused general mayhem of course all unproven
lfcrule1972 Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Oh come on polo don't be unfair you know as well as I do that in the old DVDD days at least one of your examples turned out to be a demented feline that chewed through the PC wires
free_blackbird Posted April 28, 2007 Posted April 28, 2007 (edited) I think skipit and lighting both had their points. Why not make a window to prompt for user settings for each user who runs it the first time? (A lot of security aware users set up privileged accounts only for installation and uses a user account for personal use.) And for skipit, if your firewall tells you about it, you can always block it. If your firewall don't, it doesn't cause any trouble or does it? Whatever, issue solved. Edited April 28, 2007 by free_blackbird
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted April 28, 2007 Posted April 28, 2007 (A lot of security aware users set up privileged accounts only for installation and uses a user account for personal use.) True. It might be beneficial in some situations to have multiple access user accounts. Personally, I've never bothered. In 20+ years using these things I don't think I've ever had a virus attack, trojan or whatever. Computer security is less about installing mass amounts of protection software, shutting down services and limiting user access but more about common sense. Having said that, this isn't a newbie tool. The expectation here is that people at least have a basic understanding of how computers and their software functions. If they just want to burn a DVD and not have to think about it then they should use Ner0. If they have the competency to understand the basics of this software, one would expect they can also protect themselves from the big, bad internet. I digress.... And for skipit, if your firewall tells you about it, you can always block it. If your firewall don't, it doesn't cause any trouble or does it?Whatever, issue solved. Agreed.
blutach Posted April 28, 2007 Posted April 28, 2007 In 20+ years using these things I don't think I've ever had a virus attack, trojan or whatever. Crikey mate - I get lots every day when I visit my fave porn sites Regards
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted April 29, 2007 Posted April 29, 2007 In 20+ years using these things I don't think I've ever had a virus attack, trojan or whatever. Crikey mate - I get lots every day when I visit my fave porn sites Regards I use linux for that.
blutach Posted April 29, 2007 Posted April 29, 2007 Or maybe you just stare at your av all day Regards
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