Getting around the UACĪnyway, sometimes it could be necessary to allow certain programs to run as Administrator while using a standard user account. Achtung, something dodgy!Īlso, if you were to leave your computer unattended, somebody could use it to install, for example, a keylogger, which could easily intercept your passwords and send them to the attacker… well, there are many other things that could happen. For example, suppose you downloaded a movie/song/picture and then all of a sudden it’s asking you to run it as administrator – it will immediately raise a red flag. One of the reasons is the UAC – User Account Control, which presents a pop-up asking for admin login and password because it’s trying to make changes to the system.
