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Originally Posted by ThirteenthHouR
SF itself cannot destroy your entire PC, it does however open Ring 0 (System wide access) to Ring 3 (user level programs). [...] Well let me give you an example what Ring 0 access gives you control of.
The Entire OS. HDD firmware, System Bios, GFX card Firmware, Router/ADSL/DSL modems and firmware, CD/DVD firmware.
Then I will ask do you think damage can be done to your hardware?
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I never really cared about the Ring 0 situation. The vast majority of gamers log in with admin rights, that alone makes their systems 100% attackable, also on a hardware level. Even in a company environment there sometimes are many Windows installations that don´t use restricted user rights. A virus writer who plans to kill a huge amount of 2000/XP-based PC´s doesn´t need the help of SF and I guess you know that, right?
People are naive if they think that the things you´ve described can´t happen just because SF is no longer on their system. The real danger to a PC are those people who open every suspicious email attachment, who don´t install security updates, who allow all standard XP services to run and so on...
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SF is a Hackers dream, a program used by the industry, silently installed onto Gamers systems and leaves them wide open, no matter how good you’re anti spyware, anti virus or firewall is.
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As Mustang has already pointed out, you are spreading panic! You should really try to put things into perspective. Again, once you use admin rights your system is, generally speaking, wide open. Even with restricted user rights and without SF a piece of malware can do very nasty things. There´s no such thing as a risk-free PC.