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Playing with UAC
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 1079504" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>Comodo's Auto-containment alerts can indeed be a much better idea. But there are also some cons of using Comodo.</p><p></p><p>I can give a simple example of how UAC (max) can increase safety even on a default Admin account, <strong>if there is also a second user account available.</strong></p><p>Most malware wants to get high privileges. Most of such attempts can be alerted by UAC (max). If the user does not allow elevation, the malware cannot infect other user accounts.</p><p>So, if there is a suspicion of infection, the user can sign out and sign in to another account that is not infected, and continue daily work. The system can be also safely inspected from non-infected accounts.<strong> Of course, this works best, with SUA and Admin accounts.</strong><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 1079504, member: 32260"] Comodo's Auto-containment alerts can indeed be a much better idea. But there are also some cons of using Comodo. I can give a simple example of how UAC (max) can increase safety even on a default Admin account, [B]if there is also a second user account available.[/B] Most malware wants to get high privileges. Most of such attempts can be alerted by UAC (max). If the user does not allow elevation, the malware cannot infect other user accounts. So, if there is a suspicion of infection, the user can sign out and sign in to another account that is not infected, and continue daily work. The system can be also safely inspected from non-infected accounts.[B] Of course, this works best, with SUA and Admin accounts.[/B](y) [/QUOTE]
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