full-disclosure - Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised

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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:14:36 -0000
From: "Christopher Pritchard" <mailinglist@...iniacghost.co.uk>
To: <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>,
	"'James Matthews'" <nytrokiss@...il.com>
Cc: 'full-disclosure' <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised

> The biggest issue here is that although it's technically easy to fix
> this problem (just have UAC issue an alert when somebody's messing with
> the system settings), it involves doing more of what end users dislike
> most about UAC (it issuing alerts to Joe Sixpack all the time when he
> does something bone-headed security-wise).
> 
> Fixing this one in a way that users will put up with will be a bitch.

Why not just have it not prompt if you are changing settings, except for UAC settings? that would be the simple way around it

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