Article - Malware defeating UAC doesn't appear too hard to do

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By hacking the Start menu:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=203&tag=nl.e550

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UAC currently offers some protection against this by showing different
UAC dialogs for unsingned vs. signed vs. system files as a clue that
something has changed, but the author has some good suggestions as to
how to make this protection even better.

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On Wed, 16 May 2007 16:23:21 -0700, Terry <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>By hacking the Start menu:
>
>http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=203&tag=nl.e550

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