About plug-in security

Because you may install a plug-in that that you don't trust, you can activate X-Setup's "Safe Mode" ("File" - "Safe Mode"). If this mode is activated, X-Setup will ask you before the plug-in is allowed to change anything on your system.

For example, if the plug-in tries to write a value to the registry, a message appears displaying what the plug-in tries to do and if the plug-in should be allowed to perform this action. If you select "No" in this dialog, the plug-in is not allowed to perform the action and will be shut down. No changes are made to your system in this case.

Regardless if Safe Mode is activated or not, Xteq X-Setup performs a lot of security checks:

• Changes are only allowed when you press the "Apply Changes" button - if any plug-in tries to make changes somewhere else it's shut down
• If a command a plug-in performs fails (for example it tries to copy the file LOGO.SYS and this file does not exist) it's also shut down
• The plug-in is only allowed to execute 30 seconds. If any action takes longer then this, the plug-in is shut down
• Other security checks that are perform when a command inside the plug-in is invoked. For example, if the plug-in tries to remove a path from the registry and this path contains sub-values the plug-in is also shut down.