13 Şubat 2007 Salı

Vista Security Hole

I'm really not sure why people are moving to Vista. Aside from "Cooler graphics" (which in my mind means "slower computer"), there only seems to be bad things. Slashdot has up a post about a flaw in the new Vista UAC security. Vista assumes that all installers have administrator privileges. This means that someone could write a virus or trojan horse that installs on your computer and Vista allows it because, "hey, it's an installer program. It must know what it's doing."

Another big flaw is that Vista over-prompts users, effectively training them to always click yes.

Read this account from Slashdot user 787style

I had probably the most frustrating ten minutes i have ever spent on a computer before.

Start, typed in regedit enter.
Vista:Are you sure you want to run this program?
Me: Yes. I went OUT of my way, hit start, run and typed in the pogram name I wanted. Thanks for checking though. (click) ....
Edit the registry, close it. That was easy. ....
double clicked on setup. Stupid shield on my icon, what does that mean?
Vista: are you sure you want to run this? it's a program, you know.
Me: Oh that must be what the shield is for. Vista feels like it should protect me from software!
Vista: This is from AMD. Do you trust AMD?
Me: yes, they pay me. I trust them. (click) .....
Install......that was easy. ....
Oops, there's a problem. Well, let's grab the correct file from the build server and copy it over ...
Open my computer, go to program files ....
Vista: Are you sure you want to go there?
Me:Yes (click) ...
open up the application folder ....
drag a file from a network share to the application folder....
Vista: Are you sure you want to overwrite this file?
Me: Yes (click)
Vista:A program wants to write to the Program Files folder. Is this ok?
Me: Yes (click)
Vista:You are trying to copy from a network share to the program files folder. This isn't allowed. Hit ok.
Me: (Pounds head) (click) ....
Drag to Desktop. ....
Drag from desktop to application folder. ...
Vista:
Are you sure you want to overwrite this file?
me: [censored] yes
Vista:A program wants to write to the Program Files folder. Is this ok?
Me: Die.Die.Die.Die.


Follow Up #1: I apologize. There was a phrase I should have censored to make it family friendly. It has been censored now.

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