Under XP without administrator chance less than privileges of rootkit attack?

Says it all - subject line I've always used an account with administrator privileges and I'm setting up a new installation of XP.  Thought has crossed my mind to set up an additional account every day without administrator privileges as a possible line of defense.  Thanks in advance for any input.

As a standard user will reduce the chances of any type of attack. However, it does not eliminate the possibility.

Other good defenses are your own vigilance and discipline good malware protection software.

Tricky

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