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Browse All TopicsOn a terminal server if I scan for malware from the admin account would it have access to the registry for all the terminal server users?
I fear that the registry for each user is not loaded from ntuser.dat until the user logs in so i was thinking it may not have access.
What do you think?
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by: Julian123Posted on 2009-11-04 at 16:16:25ID: 25745619
Yes, you can scan for malware. Most virus scanners and malware scanners (such as malwarebytes) scan both the registry and files. For malware to take any effect, it has to have the executable code that exists in a file. All files for all users are accessable if you have administrative access and if one contains malware your scanner will find it.