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Privileges and Attack Prevention

When a process runs, it does so in the context of a user account. If the process is running as a highly privileged account (such as the Administrator), and is compromised, any malicious attack will be in the context of the Administrator account, thereby making the potential for damage greater. Because of this, it is recommended that you always run in a low-privilege account. This is known as the principle of least privilege.


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