* Posts by The Lost Admin

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Program Names govern admin rights in Vista

The Lost Admin

You call *THAT* security?!?

Are you guys seriously calling that "heuristic" a security *feature*? I would call it more of a problem than a fix to system security in Windows. I've posted details at The Lost Admin blog, http://blog.hedron.org/. In summary (for those who don't wish to leave the Reg:

1. It will make insecure programming even easier as inexperience programmers will assume even more security is automatically added.

2. It will increase end-user click OK without reading

3. It will may corporate IT's job more difficult when trying to protect end-user systems and still remain flexible.