What is your security setup these days?

lol

 

Upgraded from XP pro to Win 7 home premium. Whats this UAC thing do?

 

it's just a litle anoying tool from microsoft

 

indeed and IME witnessed it getting disabled by malware most of the time tho

 

Comodo IS 5 (Internet security configuration, AV not installed)
Prevx 3.0 (Licensed)

Brilliant combo , just brilliant

 

J what you did to scotty?

 

in a cage it's giving me problem at this moment,man it is very hard to find some thing good so for now it's HitMan Pro

 

LOL! That's a perfect description of UAC.

 

i rather use the most anoying of all(any hips)at least they protect ya as long as you choose the correct answer

 

J the best headache tool is MD.. use it call me if you need any aspirin

 

Realtime:
- avast! Internet Security 5.0.677 (Disabled: IM, P2P, Mail, Spam Shields)
- WinPatrol Free

Firewall:
- avast! Firewall
- Belkin Wireless Modem Router (At Home)

On-Demand Scanners:
- MBAM 1.46 Free
- Hitman Pro 3.5 Free

USB Stick:
- SAS Portable
- DrWebCureIT
- Emsisoft Emergency Kit
*All redownloaded once a month

Browsers:
- IE9 Beta
- FireFox 3.6.12 (AdBlock+ and WOT)
- Chrome 7 (AdBlock+ and WOT)

BTW, Im not sure if I should keep Prevx SafeOnline 3.0 (Facebook Version) or not.. hmm..

 

UAC is not a security tool. It does create certain boundaries, but not a security tool.
I'd say is more concerning to see security applications being terminated by malware.

Also, most people don't understand what UAC involves. I'll give you an example. With UAC enabled, Internet Explorer will be running with low rights (lower rights than a standard user has), implemented by something called integrity levels and that Microsoft introduced with Windows Vista. In case of an infection, via Internet Explorer, the infection won't be able to do much, as it will be restricted to very few areas, and those areas have low rights as well, so that IE can wrote over there. This creates a sandbox effect, similar to what happens with Chromium and based browsers, except this latter does not need UAC to apply the low rights.

Also, IE runs virtualized, which makes it not write to real areas. User Kees1958 mentioned it previously. Which made him also to apply the same for Chrome. (A nice idea.)


Regards

 

yes uac will fail if you click yes at once,it takes 1 click only

 

Won't a HIPS fail as well, if I click Allow Assuming I'd click Yes for UAC, would be assuming I'd be tricked into it without knowing what triggered the alert in the first place, and the same would most likely happen with a HIPS. I truly don't see that as a valid statement.

UAC was never meant to be used as a security tool, and specially not alone to protect a system.

 

I banned MBAM to my demand list again. It was running at 80K all the damn time. Didn't check the I/O in it yet.

 

dont even go there a hips program after saying yes(allow)then it will follow more pop ups as the rain is falling down not only one as uac

 

Again, I said that I would have to be tricked by the UAC alert. Why should I blindly click Allow from a given UAC alert? I know how my system is set; I know no UAC alerts are suppose to appear out of nowhere, unless I start something demanding higher privileges. How would I fall for it?

Most likely all of my family members would fall for random HIPS alerts, rather than UAC, because their systems also is set so that no application asks for Administrator privileges, unless those apps are started by them.

So, how is one going to fall for a malicious process trying trick the user (Lets leave advanced user aside.)? Either the user has no idea how his/her system is set, and most likely will believe those alerts are meant to happen, and the same will apply for a HIPS giving alerts.

 

uac is a litle kittie thing comparing tohips anyway i dont suposse to compare any programs,uac is not a big deal anyway

 

indeed

 

back to something simple and secure

 

hahaha a little kittie thing. hey I like UAC not.

 

I was getting 80K as well.

 

U have license for all ?

 

Nooo, he needs some of my special reserves HAHAHAHAHA