User Account Control (UAC) helps prevent unauthorized changes. We don't recommend switching it off. Using the Control Panel leaves little room for error vs. editing ...

Microsoft Corp.’s plans to change a controversial security feature in Windows 7 are only cosmetic, nothing more than “lipstick on UAC,” a developer of enterprise rights management tools said today.

The TrickBot Trojan has received an update that adds a UAC bypass targeting the Windows 10 operating system so that it infects users without displaying any visible prompts. A UAC bypass allows ...

The TrickBot Trojan has switched to a new Windows 10 UAC bypass to execute itself with elevated privileges without showing a User Account Control prompt. Windows uses a security mechanism called User ...

Further details of the flaw, which has recently been patched by Microsoft, were disclosed Tuesday by researchers. Researchers disclosed details of a high-severity Microsoft Windows vulnerability that ...

The tricky trojan evolves yet again, remaining one of the most advanced vehicles for delivering malware. The TrickBot trojan has evolved again to bolster its ability to elude detection, this time ...

Windows includes several built-in security features designed to protect your data and system. But some of them—like UAC ...

The User Account Control (UAC) tool was one of Vista's most vilified features -- popping up and nagging you whenever you wanted to install or update a program -- and many users will be surprised to ...

Microsoft plans to improve the much-maligned user account control (UAC) feature in the next version of its Windows client OS, acknowledging that the new security feature it built into Windows Vista ...

After the August updates, unexpected User Account Control prompts are appearing more frequently in Windows. Microsoft is making some adjustments. The August security updates for Windows desktop ...

So this evening I unexpectedly started getting a popup telling me that the Nvidia Control Panel thing couldn't be found and to click the dialog to go to the Windows Store to get it. Clicking the ...