Re: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC

2017-03-13 Thread Klaus Hartnegg
Am 13.03.2017 um 20:50 schrieb Kennedy, Jim: When you follow through on that article I linked to...to the Sophos KB on this. It appears to only happen when a scan finds something, like malware. Then it performs the cleanup function that resets this. It does not reset it, it disables it. And

RE: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC

2017-03-13 Thread Kennedy, Jim
...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Klaus Hartnegg Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 3:46 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC Several more affected PCs found, but also two counter examples: same Windows, same Sophos, but UAC is on. Strange. -- Message sent from

Re: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC

2017-03-13 Thread Klaus Hartnegg
Am 10.03.2017 um 17:24 schrieb Klaus Hartnegg: Many computers here suddenly have UAC off, and my research points to Sophos installer/updater as culprit: UAC stays on when rebooting normally, but reproducably switches to off after a reboot that followed an install, uninstall, or larger update of

Re: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ?

2017-03-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
absolutely it is, prevents elevated actions without at least user notification and approval On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:41 AM, James M. Pulver wrote: > As far as I know, UAC isn't a security feature. > > James Pulver > CLASSE Computer Group > Cornell University > > On

RE: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ?

2017-03-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
:37 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ? That would be bad, very bad. Not just from a security perspective - certain UWP apps on Windows 10 misbehave considerably if UAC is disabled. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ?

2017-03-10 Thread James Rankin
That would be bad, very bad. Not just from a security perspective - certain UWP apps on Windows 10 misbehave considerably if UAC is disabled. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Klaus Hartnegg Sent: 10 March 2017

Re: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ?

2017-03-10 Thread James M. Pulver
As far as I know, UAC isn't a security feature. James Pulver CLASSE Computer Group Cornell University On 03/10/2017 11:24 AM, Klaus Hartnegg wrote: Has anybody recently seen Sophos Antivirus ("Endpoint Security") disabling User Account control in Windows 7? Many computers here suddenly have