The UAC flaw, a serious issue bubbling away underneath the surface of Microsoft's next operating system, has been described as the "Pandora's box of security vulnerabilities". But what is it exactly?

User Account Control, or UAC, is a security mechanism built into Windows. Here's how to change its protection level and ...

It was all the users complaining about the annoying UAC pop-up boxes that finally spurred many application developers to rewrite their programs, explained Crispin Cowan, a Microsoft senior program ...

Let’s say you try to start an application by using elevated permissions. For example, you right-click cmd.exe and select Run as administrator. A User Account Control (UAC) dialog box prompts you ...

User Account Control's default state is to be enabled. And for a good reason. Under normal circumstances, you'd get a prompt ...

Despite being widely derided (even by Microsoft executives), the Vista OS was instrumental in finally bringing to the world a secure version of Windows, at least if a presentation by a Microsoft ...

Upon clicking on the “Show Details” button on the UAC box, attackers can view the OID in the Windows Certificate Dialog, which is displayed in the details tab as “SpcSpAgencyInfo ...

UAC Pop-up with No Password Box? Posted on December 15, 2009 7:30 AM by Rob Williams. Since its launch, Windows 7 has received a fair amount of praise and is being enjoyed by a rather significant ...

The UAC dialog box runs under a secure mode desktop so that any malware that may be running under the regular Aero enabled desktop will just not be able to access the UAC to authorize any action.

Despite being widely derided (even by Microsoft executives), the Vista OS was instrumental in finally bringing to the world a secure version of Windows, at least if a presentation by a Microsoft ...

A Microsoft security expert asserts Windows 7 is every bit a secure as Unix Despite being widely derided (even by Microsoft executives), the Vista OS was instrumental in finally bringing to the ...