SuperAntiSpyware? with Vista

[Pete]

Generally, I like the program.
However, when it runs at startup, I have to authorize it TWICE to load it.
Is there a solution? Or is this just a characteristic?
Tks.

[Han]

"Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote in
news:ihk_j.1948$jI5.1037@flpi148.ffdc.sbc.com:

> Generally, I like the program.
> However, when it runs at startup, I have to authorize it TWICE to load
> it. Is there a solution? Or is this just a characteristic?
> Tks.
>
I turned off User account control. See the relevant item in PC Magazine's
Vista tips:
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2282472,00.asp>

• Turn off annoying prompts
Vista added the A Program Needs Your Permission to Continue prompt to help
prevent you from inadvertently installing malware or making unauthorized
changes to your computer. It's annoying to see that dialog box constantly
pop up. If you're computer savvy, you can turn it off by deactivating User
Account Control in the User Accounts Control Panel.

Sorry, I don't know by heart the exact steps.
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Han
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[Gumby]

Han <nobody@nospam.not> wrote in
news:Xns9AA9B2BF0EF1Bikkezelf@130.81.64.196:

> I turned off User account control. See the relevant item in PC
> Magazine's Vista tips:

Do you know that UAC can stop rootkits from installing?

[Han]

Gumby <gumby@is.cool> wrote in news:BBr_j.295372$pM4.93405@pd7urf1no:

> Han <nobody@nospam.not> wrote in
> news:Xns9AA9B2BF0EF1Bikkezelf@130.81.64.196:
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>> I turned off User account control. See the relevant item in PC
>> Magazine's Vista tips:
>
> Do you know that UAC can stop rootkits from installing?

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I always turn off my computer before a rootkit wants to install itself.
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That was meant to be funny.
There are threats galore around. You have to choose your fights.
Practice safe hex, and keep your AV and antimalware up-to-date. UAC was
too much of a bother to deal with, and made clicking yes automatic. In
such cases, even UAC does nothing to protect you.

Just my opinion.
I wuld revise if UAC was more intelligent. There was a way to make it
(supposedly) more intelligent, published in the latest PCWorld (page 122,
June 2008 issue), but my Vista Home Basic does not have a gpedit.msc, so
I can't do what it says in PCWorld.

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Han
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[Gumby]

Han <nobody@nospam.not> wrote in
news:Xns9AAA4B3444533ikkezelf@130.81.64.196:

>In such cases, even UAC does nothing to protect you.

Wrong.

http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?new...VzaWFzdCwsLDE=

Looks like Vista’s much-maligned User Access Control or UAC has one benefit
for a savvy user: it can detect rootkits before they install. AV-Test.org
conducted a test of popular antivirus programs to see how well they
detected rootkits and the tester had to turn off UAC on the Vista test
systems because it detected every rootkit used in the test.

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Gumby" <gumby@is.cool>

| Han <nobody@nospam.not> wrote in
| news:Xns9AAA4B3444533ikkezelf@130.81.64.196:
|
>> In such cases, even UAC does nothing to protect you.
|
| Wrong.
|
| http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?new...VzaWFzdCwsLDE=
|
| Looks like Vista’s much-maligned User Access Control or UAC has one benefit
| for a savvy user: it can detect rootkits before they install. AV-Test.org
| conducted a test of popular antivirus programs to see how well they
| detected rootkits and the tester had to turn off UAC on the Vista test
| systems because it detected every rootkit used in the test.

I'd like to see if UAC worked under the condition of a buffer overflow exploitation which
introduces privilege elevation.

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Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Kerry Brown]

"Gumby" <gumby@is.cool> wrote in message
news:GLV_j.298201$pM4.162330@pd7urf1no...
> Han <nobody@nospam.not> wrote in
> news:Xns9AAA4B3444533ikkezelf@130.81.64.196:
>
>>In such cases, even UAC does nothing to protect you.
>
> Wrong.
>
> http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?new...VzaWFzdCwsLDE=
>
> Looks like Vista’s much-maligned User Access Control or UAC has one
> benefit
> for a savvy user: it can detect rootkits before they install. AV-Test.org
> conducted a test of popular antivirus programs to see how well they
> detected rootkits and the tester had to turn off UAC on the Vista test
> systems because it detected every rootkit used in the test.


UAC does not stop rootkits. Running as a standard user stops some rootkit
installers. UAC allows older applications not designed to run as a standard
user to run as a standard user. It's a subtle point but an important one.
UAC didn't detect the rootkits. It detected that a process was trying to
change a protected system area. Unprotect the system area and UAC would have
happily allowed the process to do whatever it wanted. UAC is not really a
security feature. It is a method to allow unsecure programs to run in a more
secure environment than they expect.

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Kerry Brown

[pcbutts1 [MS MVP]]

I believe that has been fixed in their latest version. Do an update.


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"Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ihk_j.1948$jI5.1037@flpi148.ffdc.sbc.com...
> Generally, I like the program. However, when it runs at startup, I have to
> authorize it TWICE to load it. Is there a solution? Or is this just a
> characteristic? Tks.

[Nick Skrepetos]

On May 25, 1:49*pm, "Pete" <P...@nospam.com> wrote:
> Generally, I like the program.
> However, when it runs at startup, I have to authorize it TWICE to load it.
> Is there a solution? Or is this just a characteristic?
> Tks.

Uninstall and then re-install our 4.1 version and you shoud have no
more UAC issues

Nick Skrepetos
SUPERAntiSpyware.com

[Han]

Nick Skrepetos <nskrepetos@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:161e1b6e-12bb-41e5-962c-ccd2e6ae5dbb@w8g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

> On May 25, 1:49*pm, "Pete" <P...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> Generally, I like the program.
>> However, when it runs at startup, I have to authorize it TWICE to
>> load it.
>
>> Is there a solution? Or is this just a characteristic?
>> Tks.
>
> Uninstall and then re-install our 4.1 version and you shoud have no
> more UAC issues
>
> Nick Skrepetos
> SUPERAntiSpyware.com
>
Is that why I can't find gpedit.msc, Nick?


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Han
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