Windows security

[snakeyeis]

OK, everyone knows that when you an application or any dll running in the background, it means that you cannot delete that file from your machine or rename it. But, (in context to windows 98), during boot, win.com is executed to load Windows, still after boot up, I can make changes to Win.com or still better, delete win.com

Would anyone let me know why that happens?

 

[Nothinman]

Windows is more than win.com, I would assume win.com is just a boot strap program that starts other things like the kernel and then exits.

And not being able to delete open files isn't a security thing, it's a bad side effect of how MS' filesystems are handled. Practically every other OS lets you delete open files without problems and that's a big reason why you have to reboot them so little compared to MS' OSes.