in reply to Re^5: Starting Strawberry in Win7
in thread Starting Strawberry in Win7

but it might also in some cases be a security issue,

No more (or less) so that the PATH variable; and it is a well known situation that has been around forever.

But, like the PATH, if the miscreant has the ability (access) to change the environment variable to cause you to run the wrong executable; then they also have the ability to replace the original executable with the (renamed) one they want you to run; or set up a shell alias to cause it to be run.

Some things are worth worrying about, and (assuming basic precautions), some things are not.

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