Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 9th Sep 2006 17:15 UTC, submitted by danwarne
One of Vista's big security features is 'User Account Protection' (or 'User Account Control') which pops up and asks for user authentication before software can make any administrative changes to the system. But the TweakVista utility can turn off UAP in one click. Microsoft says this is UAP working as intended, because when a user runs TweakVista they are asked to authenticate. However, James Bannan at APC Magazine asked Microsoft what's to stop a downloaded 'freeware game' requiring user authentication upon installation and then disabling UAP altogether? Elsewhere, there's a tweaking guide for Vista RC1.
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2005-07-22
"I mean, on any system with this sort of security model (OS X, Unix & Linux etc.) all one program has to do is claim it needs the root password, and then bingo, it can do what the hell it likes to the system."
The difference holds in the program being open source (trustable) or not.