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Re: Is it a huge security risk to diable UAC in Windows 7? by Mysterio 02/01/2012, 8:52pm PST
Mischief Maker wrote:


Being a decently comptetent user, and perfectly willing to do a fresh install of windows when the going gets rough, UAC sounds like more of a pain in the ass than its worth. I'm going to be rolling with NOD32 antivirus, Spybot, and the Windows firewall. Is there some bigger scarier risk I'm unaware of that disabling UAC would put me at risk for?


The most important antivirus tools are FF plugins like noscript/adblock/flashblock.
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Is it a huge security risk to diable UAC in Windows 7? by Mischief Maker 02/01/2012, 10:36am PST NEW
    Spybot S&D, that is. NT by Mischief Maker 02/01/2012, 10:36am PST NEW
    You don't need any of those things. Just use a router and some common sense. NT by Patient Zero 02/01/2012, 11:11am PST NEW
    You'll probably be fine. by Last 02/01/2012, 11:46am PST NEW
    Re: Is it a huge security risk to diable UAC in Windows 7? by laudablepuss 02/01/2012, 5:23pm PST NEW
    You can set an app to always run with admin privileges under UAC. NT by Fullofkittens 02/01/2012, 7:01pm PST NEW
        Re: You can set an app to always run with admin privileges under UAC. by laudablepuss 02/01/2012, 7:12pm PST NEW
    Re: Is it a huge security risk to diable UAC in Windows 7? by Mysterio 02/01/2012, 8:52pm PST NEW
    Is it a huge security risk to have Windows 7? Of course, NT by It's an easy malware source 02/02/2012, 11:44am PST NEW
 
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