New Windows Kernel Vulnerability Bypasses UAC

xsee writes "A new vulnerability in the Windows kernel was disclosed Wednesday that could allow malware to attain administrative privileges by bypassing User Account Control (UAC). Combined with the unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability in the wild this could be a very bad omen for Windows users."

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Re:Back to the drawing board

[drsmithy]

It would be bordering on suicide for Microsoft to lose backwards compatibility -- because people could be swayed to end up someplace else.

And where would they go ? Mac, and pay twice as much ? Linux, and have to deal with vendors who barely give a crap about whether their systems do what the customers want ?