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Re: [Full-disclosure] Windows 7 UAC compromised
- To: <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx>, "'James Matthews'" <nytrokiss@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Windows 7 UAC compromised
- From: "Christopher Pritchard" <mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:14:36 -0000
> 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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