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"Very Severe Hole" In Vista UAC Design

Cuts and bruises writes "Hacker Joanna Rutkowska has flagged a "very severe hole" in the design of Windows Vista's User Account Controls (UAC) feature. The issue is that Vista automatically assumes that all setup programs (application installers) should be run with administrator privileges — and gives the user no option to let them run without elevated privileges. This means that a freeware Tetris installer would be allowed to load kernel drivers. Microsoft's Mark Russinovich acknowledges the risk factor but says it was a 'design choice' to balance security with ease of use."

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  1. Re:An even bigger hole... by chrismgtis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It sounds to me that you're the one crying wolf. Quit whining. Vista doesn't do as much to annoy you as you just claimed. I have absolutely no issues whatsoever with Vista Ultimate at the current time. Then again, I am the one that ran XP with absolutely no virii, malware, performance issues or other problems whatsoever, unlike most people who can't seem to grasp how to use a computer correctly.

  2. Re:Swinging a Blunt Object by TooMuchToDo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How are lazy users Microsoft's problem?