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Vista’s UAC has a security feature that marks it out from any other type of Windows security program — it can spot rootkits before they install. This is one finding buried in a report published in two German computer magazines some months ago after testing by the respected AV-Test.org, which set out to find out [...]

Experts agree that Microsoft’s Windows Vista is relatively well-protected, but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is far less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP.
According to Scott Charney, vice president of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group, UAC was [...]