FIle Access Bug

What you say sounds pitiful. The ONLY WAY a file protection should be modifiable is by a write protected utility specifically designed for that one task! And the ONLY WAY that write protected utility can be written should be that the file is created then immediately run to write protect itself at the original installation. The system you describe has been DESIGNED for hacking!
Edit Typos - Test Your Processor Operation System - Simply dos boot and check the tasks directory to see what is scheduled to run.
If that finds nothing you still need to check the boot up sequence on the hard drive.
[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 12 August 2001).]

[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 12 August 2001).]

[Matryx]

My example is the windows file system, any process can change both a file's read/write access without user intervention.
and Yes, I agree, it seems the Windows series has been designed for hacking in mind.

Not wishing to get into the gory details of it, but programs can write protect/unprotect files without the user's knowledge, and as a result, viruses which change program's code can do exactly the same.
P.S. If you're interested, I run both Win98, Win2K and Good Ole Dos6.2
It is certainly possible in all 3 of these. Linux is thankfully more secure, but not much

[Urendi Maleldil]

I see. Yes, both of those three OSs