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Why UAC should be taken seriously
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 178" data-source="post: 560594"><p>People , read go to Microsofoft section of the forum , i made some pinned thread a while ago : <a href="https://malwaretips.com/forums/microsoft.55/" target="_blank">Microsoft</a></p><p></p><p>Read them all.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>lol ^^</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>UAC is not an anti-executable , it is an anti-elevator:</p><p></p><p>- if malware need elevation, boom ! UAC pop up.</p><p>- if malware don't need elevation : malware is free to do what it wants; no UAC popup will appears. but before that point the malware must pass Smartscreen and Windows Defender check.</p><p></p><p>my Windows setup:</p><p></p><p>- Standard User Account with a tweak to deny elevation requests from unsigned executables.</p><p>- Smartscreen to Max.</p><p>- UAC to Max.</p><p>- UAC ask my admin password everytime.</p><p></p><p>Just with that 95% of malware are blocked at the source. All my 3rd party security softs are here to fill the 5% left.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 178, post: 560594"] People , read go to Microsofoft section of the forum , i made some pinned thread a while ago : [URL="https://malwaretips.com/forums/microsoft.55/"]Microsoft[/URL] Read them all. lol ^^ UAC is not an anti-executable , it is an anti-elevator: - if malware need elevation, boom ! UAC pop up. - if malware don't need elevation : malware is free to do what it wants; no UAC popup will appears. but before that point the malware must pass Smartscreen and Windows Defender check. my Windows setup: - Standard User Account with a tweak to deny elevation requests from unsigned executables. - Smartscreen to Max. - UAC to Max. - UAC ask my admin password everytime. Just with that 95% of malware are blocked at the source. All my 3rd party security softs are here to fill the 5% left. [/QUOTE]
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