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UAC gave Windows Vista a bad reputation for annoying prompts all the time, so in the interest of user experience and convenience, starting with Windows 7 Micros
by ploxiln 11y ago
UAC gave Windows Vista a bad reputation for annoying prompts all the time, so in the interest of user experience and convenience, starting with Windows 7 Microsoft intentionally made it much less bulletproof: any Microsoft signed executable can bypass UAC. This includes common system executables which can be caused to load arbitrary dlls, this includes the control panel to turn off UAC entirely. It hasn't and won't be "fixed", it's just how it all works.
http://www.pretentiousname.com/misc/win7_uac_whitelist2.html http://www.pretentiousname.com/misc/win7_uac_whitelist2.html
- noinsight 11y ago> any Microsoft signed executable can bypass UAC. If UAC is set to Medium (the default). If you're serious about security you should set it to High.
- Karunamon 11y agoUnfortunately this results in constant annoying prompts. I don't know what OSX does, but it seems like I'm prompted to escalate far less often than I would be on a high UAC system. How do the requirements compare?
- eugenekolo2 11y agoYour usage of OSX must be different than mine, because I get prompted far more than I'd like.