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Explain how crappy programs get around UAC and Admin authentication?

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ZippyDan

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One of my user's today "accidentally" installed the Softonic download manager program. In the all of 10 minutes it managed to survive on the PC before I killed it, it managed to annoy me by not closing when I hit the red X, by popping up after being "closed" for no reason, and by existing in my installed programs list in the first place.

How does this happen? My users have some very important, worthwhile, and legitimate programs they download that I WISH they could execute without Admin access, and this POS program comes along and manages to install itself despite that fact that the user has no Admin credentials and UAC is active. How? Why? Who are the soulless people making these programs?

edit: edited my title cuz I'm not sure what the rules are here for words...
 
Isn't this what Google Chrome does? I think it does this by installing itself to your user appdata folder instead of Program Files or something.

edit: Lupus beat me :awe:
 
UAC is one of the best features in Windows Vista and 7 as it can keep your computer much more secure than it was in Windows XP and older versions. UAC is also much less annoying in Windows 7, and you can adjust it to exactly the level of security you need.
 
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