Message Screen

[Dale Gibble]

I continue to get the message, "Windows needs your permission to continue".
Is there any way to disable this message?

 

[Charlie42]

I continue to get the message, "Windows needs your permission to
continue".
Is there any way to disable this message?

You can turn off User Account Control, but it is not a very good idea. UAC
is a key security improvement in Windows Vista, and turning it off exposes
your computer to malware.

Take a look at the chapter on UAC in this article:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...86-9661-49b1-87ce-6d4a39e83747&DisplayLang=en

Turn User Account Control on or off:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/58b3b879-924d-4e08-9358-c316055d3eae1033.mspx

Some third party applications let you tweak UAC into a "silent mode", but I
advice against using them. They basically cripple UAC to a point where you
are left with a false sense of safety.

Charlie42

 

[Dale Gibble]

That's funny? I had this User Account Control on, Pc Internet Security
installed and the computer was infested with malware including Zlob.

Turning it off probably won't hurt.

 

[Charlie42]

That's funny? I had this User Account Control on, Pc Internet Security
installed and the computer was infested with malware including Zlob.

Then you must have allowed some malicious action and/or installed some
malicious software, presumably without knowing the risk.

Even the best of security software measures are no substitution for
knowledgeable and cautious online behaviour. What surprises me most is that
your security suite did not catch Zlob, which is a well known trojan.

Charlie42

 

[Nonny]

Then you must have allowed some malicious action and/or installed some
malicious software, presumably without knowing the risk.

Then WTF good is UAC? The OP is clearly NOT a techie!

 

[Charlie42]

Then WTF good is UAC? The OP is clearly NOT a techie!

You do not have to be a computer technician to safe guard yourself. Online
security is mostly about common sence and exercising sound judgement.

In my experience, most malware infections happen because the user breaks
pretty well-known rules, like downloading from untrustworthy sources,
opening dubious e-mail attachements, failing to scan downloads with
anti-malware, failing to run regular malware scans, not keeping OS,
programs, anti-virus and anti-spyware enabled and updated and so on.

This is not esoterics. Anybody can and should learn it.

Here is a good place to read up on the basics of online safety:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.mspx

The purpose of User Account Control is to prevent the standard user, and
thereby malware the standard user attracts, from making changes to vital
parts of the OS. An administratior can of course override UAC's decisions.
Therefore it is imperative that those of us who are administrators - and
that pretty much accounts for all of us today - learn the basics of safety
and stick to the "when in doubt, don't" rule.

Charlie42

 

[PD43]

You do not have to be a computer technician to safe guard yourself. Online
security is mostly about common sence and exercising sound judgement.

I think the point was that the OP had UAC running and was told that it
would protect against a lot of that - which it obviously didn't.

 

[Charlie42]

I think the point was that the OP had UAC running and was told that it
would protect against a lot of that - which it obviously didn't.

Of course not. UAC is not an anti-malware program, but a feature that only
allows a user with admin privileges to make changes to the system. This is a
security measure, but if you choose to ignore the "warnings" from UAC, it
protects you from nothing. Hence safety guidelines should be learned.

Charlie42