Windows 8 was supposed to arrive with a secure boot, but it seems that things might not be like that after all, and the first demonstration of how the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 8 Developer Preview can be defeated has emerged into the wild. This is none other than the Stoned Lite bootkit that Austrian s... |
25 November 2011
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Microsoft Security Essentials, the Redmond company’s free security solution for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP, has evolved with behavior monitoring capabilities designed to let it identify malicious code that attempts to switch off User Account Control.And this is the case not only for Microsoft Secu... |
6 August 2011
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A simple change made into Windows 7’s registry can cause the operating system to cut access for end users to the settings of the User Account Control feature. According to the Redmond company, the Office 97 has been identified as the source of the problem. Microsoft explains that the issue only occurs in scena... |
21 December 2009
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Microsoft is thwarting widespread reports of security vulnerabilities in User Account Control in Windows 7 (Beta Build 7000). None other than Jon DeVaan, Senior Vice President, Windows Core Operating System Division, denied the existence of security holes in Windows 7's evolved UAC compared to what had been made... |
5 February 2009
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In the next version of the Windows client, end users will be able to customize the level of nagging that the operating system generates via the User Account Control, revealed Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, on behalf of the team building the feature. Sinofsky emphas... |
16 January 2009
15:51 GMT |
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One of the aspects of Windows Vista that is going to evolve in Windows 7 is the User Account Control. More criticized than praised, UAC in Vista represents just a milestone for Microsoft, according to Ben Fathi, vice president for core OS development, who revealed that the Redmond giant was ready to go all the way wi... |
9 October 2008
16:31 GMT |
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With the maturity milestone that is the introduction of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, Microsoft has improved various aspects of the operating system, including the User Account Control. Introduced as an added security mitigation into Windows Vista, UAC is one of the features of the operating system that have been... |
15 May 2008
07:08 GMT |
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