Advice Request Anyone use(d) nsudo?

[ParaXY]

I came across this utility last night called nsudu. Basically it grants you TrustedInstaller/System rights for any program you want to run.

To test it I ran it in a VM and then ran regedit as TrustedInstaller rights and in Task Manager it showed me as having SYSTEM rights. This allowed me to delete a registry key that normally would require me to take ownership of the key before deleting.

Uploading the x64 verion to VirusTotal comes back as clean but I'm curious if anyone else has used this as it seems like it could be useful...if used with caution.

 

[Deleted member 178]

I have a tweak for that.

 

[ParaXY]

I have a reg tweak for that.

I'm listening

 

[Deleted member 178]

How to Add “Take Ownership” to the Right-Click Menu in Windows Explorer

scroll down , you will find the file downloadable.

 

[ParaXY]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[WinXPert]

Heard about that today only.

Do I really need that? First if Windows have a way for taking ownership, I'll learn and use that first before diving in to some 3rd party stuff. Used this technique before when removing Registry Keys added by TrustedInstaller (Andromeda worm) ages ago.

Right click on a key and click Permissions...

Then check on Full Control

 

[WinXPert]

I wonder if you can make this work on a SUA without knowing any Admin password?

 

[ParaXY]

Not sure. I can't run it on my machine as an SUA as I have AppLocker blocking it.

 

[Deleted member 178]

I wonder if you can make this work on a SUA without knowing any Admin password?

You can't , SUA block registry tweaks that modify the system but not some that affect the user only.