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<blockquote data-quote="blackice" data-source="post: 880523" data-attributes="member: 79035"><p>You just need the Admin credentials. So you have a local admin account and then the SUA. When you install a program the UAC prompt will ask for Admin credential. There was a POC last year about malware abusing the credential elevation prompt to steal the Admin token, but it's not very common. Also, it's still safer than Admin 24/7. However the best practice is install items in admin and do daily tasks in SUA (I don't bother with this personally).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackice, post: 880523, member: 79035"] You just need the Admin credentials. So you have a local admin account and then the SUA. When you install a program the UAC prompt will ask for Admin credential. There was a POC last year about malware abusing the credential elevation prompt to steal the Admin token, but it's not very common. Also, it's still safer than Admin 24/7. However the best practice is install items in admin and do daily tasks in SUA (I don't bother with this personally). [/QUOTE]
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