I just discovered a program called "Smart UAC Replacement 1.0". It's
supposed to, well, replace regular dumb UAC. I haven't tested it yet and I
don't know if it has anything to do with the true UAC mechanism in Vista.
FWIW it claims to also work with XP and Windows 2000. I'd be interested to
know what others think about this (once you get over the revulsion and
disgust g) Here comes the link:

http://www.replaceuac.com/

I especially liked this gem.

"...and finds both known and unknown malicious programs
and prevents their activity."

Finally - we can all relax. )

"Victek" wrote in message
...
I just discovered a program called "Smart UAC Replacement 1.0". It's
supposed to, well, replace regular dumb UAC. I haven't tested it yet and I
don't know if it has anything to do with the true UAC mechanism in Vista.
FWIW it claims to also work with XP and Windows 2000. I'd be interested to
know what others think about this (once you get over the revulsion and
disgust g) Here comes the link:

http://www.replaceuac.com/

Hmm?
I don't know if I want to trust.
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with the security of my Windows system.
although who knows, it might be a nice program.
I don't think I want to be the guineapig on that though.

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James M Driscoll Jr
MCTS (Vista)
Spaceman



"Victek" wrote in message
...
I just discovered a program called "Smart UAC Replacement 1.0". It's
supposed to, well, replace regular dumb UAC. I haven't tested it yet and I
don't know if it has anything to do with the true UAC mechanism in Vista.
FWIW it claims to also work with XP and Windows 2000. I'd be interested to
know what others think about this (once you get over the revulsion and
disgust g) Here comes the link:

http://www.replaceuac.com/

Something that give even more protection than Smart UAC
is RegRun. Been using it for years starting from Win 95
through Vista. I use the Platinum Version.

http://www.greatis.com/security/

"Victek" wrote in message ...
I just discovered a program called "Smart UAC Replacement 1.0". It's
supposed to, well, replace regular dumb UAC. I haven't tested it yet and I
don't know if it has anything to do with the true UAC mechanism in Vista.
FWIW it claims to also work with XP and Windows 2000. I'd be interested to
know what others think about this (once you get over the revulsion and
disgust g) Here comes the link:

http://www.replaceuac.com/

Nice idea ! But this program gave me the INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE BSOD on 3
occassions, hence uninstalled it.

Victek;77959 Wrote:
I just discovered a program called "Smart UAC Replacement 1.0". It's
supposed to, well, replace regular dumb UAC. I haven't tested it yet
and I
don't know if it has anything to do with the true UAC mechanism in
Vista.
FWIW it claims to also work with XP and Windows 2000. I'd be
interested to
know what others think about this (once you get over the revulsion and
disgust g) Here comes the link:

'Home :: Smart UAC Replacement' (http://www.replaceuac.com/)


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Wouldn't touch it with a 40' barge pole!
It is a Reg cleaner/Anti-spyware/Anti-virus all rolled into one!
I don't think so!
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Victek" wrote:

I just discovered a program called "Smart UAC Replacement 1.0". It's
supposed to, well, replace regular dumb UAC. I haven't tested it yet and I
don't know if it has anything to do with the true UAC mechanism in Vista.
FWIW it claims to also work with XP and Windows 2000. I'd be interested to
know what others think about this (once you get over the revulsion and
disgust g) Here comes the link:

http://www.replaceuac.com/

Replaceuac looks like snake oil to me.
Did you read what it is supposed to do?
If you downloaded it, you'd be scanning with with your anti-virus!
Not for me!
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Victor Constantinescu" wrote:

Hi,
Uac's role is just to inform you that a certain application wants to gain
admin privileges. Anything "smarter" than that is subject to error.

--
Victor Constantinescu aka YounGun
Security MVP
http://victor-youngun.blogspot.com/


"Mick Murphy" wrote in message
...
Wouldn't touch it with a 40' barge pole!
It is a Reg cleaner/Anti-spyware/Anti-virus all rolled into one!
I don't think so!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Victek" wrote:

I just discovered a program called "Smart UAC Replacement 1.0". It's
supposed to, well, replace regular dumb UAC. I haven't tested it yet and
I
don't know if it has anything to do with the true UAC mechanism in Vista.
FWIW it claims to also work with XP and Windows 2000. I'd be interested
to
know what others think about this (once you get over the revulsion and
disgust g) Here comes the link:

http://www.replaceuac.com/

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:27:00 -0700, Mick Murphy
wrote:

Replaceuac looks like snake oil to me.

Definitely. "Security" for the clueless.

In general, it's a bad idea to use third-party "replacements" for critical
parts of the operating system. While I'll never claim that our software is
bug-free, I feel pretty certain that some shady no-charge download that
tries to replace or improve on some aspect of the security subsystem hasn't
gone through any kind of testing like we do: the SDL, automated fuzz and
penetration testing, and threat modeling. My advice: stay away from stuff
like this.

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Steve Riley

http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com



"Victek" wrote in message
...
I just discovered a program called "Smart UAC Replacement 1.0". It's
supposed to, well, replace regular dumb UAC. I haven't tested it yet and
I don't know if it has anything to do with the true UAC mechanism in
Vista. FWIW it claims to also work with XP and Windows 2000. I'd be
interested to know what others think about this (once you get over the
revulsion and disgust g) Here comes the link:

http://www.replaceuac.com/

Well, digging around a bit I came across the following facts ! The
developers of Smart UAC Replacement are Security Stronghold, who have
developed True Sword. Here is what Symantec says about TrueSword:
TrueSword is a Security Risk that may give exaggerated reports of
threats on the computer. The program then prompts the user to purchase a
registered version of the software in order to remove the reported
threats. For details see 'Review : Smart UAC Replacement'
(http://www.winvistaclub.com/s17.html)


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