User Account Control, Security

[Guest]

I am the only user of my computer - do I really need UAC enabled?
With Windows Defender and firewall protection do I really need third-party
antivirus and firewall?

You need third party antivirus and if you don't like the Vista firewall you
should buy or use a free third-party firewall.
It is always better to be safe than sorry. Windows Defender is a nice
addition but is not as good as other solutions.

If you want a list of free security tools that work on Windows Vista check
you should read this article:
http://www.vista4beginners.com/10-free-applications-for-Windows-Vista

 

[Guest]

I don't think UAC will help that, most programs will still run the same way
they always did, with the same privileges, except for some secure areas. I
think the real advantage (as well as the real pain) is how it prompts for
everything. With UAC on, it prompts before doing anything it considers
important. This can be a real pain when it prompts 4 times "are you really
sure?" just to delete a folder, but when you are on a website and it pops up
and prompts you if its ok to install a keylogger, I think you will be happy.

Of course its functionality is limited right now because it gives such
limited information, 95% of the time it just says "unknown program", even
many Microsoft apps pup up with "unknown program"

 

[Guest]

my first 2 trojans (when i was more of a newbie than i am now) came from
downloading from the ms portal called "marketplace," which listed cnet as the
sponsor. i learned later - www.spywarewarrior.com -- that cnet is a sewer of
rogue antispyware.

 

[Guest]

I'm no expert, but IMHO as with all things this depends on your individual
situation. My experience has been that as a general rule, if you limit and
filter the types of programs and files you use/store (as in getting them from
a trusted source) and if you use common sense when running and managing your
computer (that is if you are blessed with much common sense) then you should
be fine without it. As for the latter, if you think you are lacking common
sense, I'm not sure where to purchase that. If that's you then good luck.

 

[Guest]

I have a web application, a file viewer, that won't work if I have UAC on.
What do you think the problem is?... By the way I have this file viewer
installed on another vista machine and it work ok with UAC on... I don't know
what the differences are between the two systems....

 

[Guest]

Hi. I got a problem with my Windows Vista Home Basic. When I disable my user
account control and then i reboot my pc, my internet browser just go crazy,
it seems that it doesn't recognize sites and redirect always on google
homepage. Does anyone know what's the problem? Thank you for helping me.