Star Security or Usability: Maliciously Disabling UAC in Windows 7
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Jan 2009 19:13 UTC
Privacy, Security, Encryption At OSNews, we usually do not report on individual security breaches, because there are websites specifically tailored to that sort of thing. Still, every now and then, an interesting security issue pops up that deserves some attention. How about this one: through a simple VBScript, you can completely disable UAC in Windows 7. The reason for this might surprise you. Update: Microsoft's response.
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RE: Good catch, easy fix
by Brendan on Sat 31st Jan 2009 02:42 UTC in reply to "Good catch, easy fix"
Brendan
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2005-11-16

Hi,

This is the reason that people release betas, so the community can respond. This particular thing is very easily fixed, just make changing UAC settings something you always prompt for.


If Microsoft weren't smart enough to realize this problem existed when they were writing the code, then how many other security holes do you think there are that beta testers haven't found yet?

- Brendan

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