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Tricking Vista's UAC To Hide Malware

Posted by kdawson on from the protective-coloration dept.

Vista's User Account Control, love it or hate it, represents a barrier against unwanted software getting run on users' computers. A Symantec researcher has found a simple way to spoof UAC and says that it shouldn't be completely trusted. The trick is to disguise the UAC warning dialog in the color associated with alerts generated by Windows itself.

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  1. Re:Different colors?? by kingturkey · · Score: 1, Troll

    Having to click through 3 different prompts in order to delete a file was enough for me to disable UAC. It lasted about 2 days on my computer.