John: I've had UAC off for several years and have had no threats against my computer. UAC is annoying when it pops up every time I have to make any changes within a program. I don't need to be asked "are you sure you want to make this change" (or something like that) every time I do a simple task.
None of my data has ever been at risk. I have several data drives (internal and external) that have never been affected by intrusions. I also backup weekly to DVD's and daily with Norton backup which includes my genealogy data. I've been using the Norton products since the early 1990's and never had a problem. I also backup all my internal hard drives to external USB drives as a precaution. I fear more that an internal drive will fail rather than a virus intrusion. All of my software is purchased and not bootleg. I only purchase from legitimate sources and I don't use freeware or open source software. I prefer to pay for software from reputable companies. UAC is for those who don't have security software installed or have no idea about security on their computers. The only threat I have is my cats walking on the keyboard when I'm out of the room. That's happened before when one of them hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and rebooted the computer without me saving first. Thanks for the advice, but UAC is a pain in the tush for me. Maybe I've been lucky not to have been hacked. I did have my Adobe account hacked, but that was their computers and mismanagement problem. Bill -----Original Message----- From: John B. Lisle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Directory structure Bill, 1/ Norton and UAC are handling two different classes of threats. 2/ Personally, I found that Norton took too much control of my PC; Email especially became a serious problem. IT folks whom I trust recommended Avast several years ago and I have not regretted it. 3/ I do all sorts of stuff on my PC, including some development, and have never felt a need to turn off UAC. If you are using well developed software that follows the rules, it should not be a problem. 4/ Could you please describe what specific operations you do that requires UAC off? I would hate to have someone on this list take that advice when they do not need to do it and then find themselves damaging some crucial data. thanks, john. At 02:43 PM 11/28/2013, William Boswell wrote: >I use Norton security software and never had a problem with viruses. >UAC is just annoying because it pops up every time I want to make >changes within a program. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike Fry [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 11:47 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Directory structure > >On 2013/11/28 18:41, William Boswell wrote: > > > I don't use UAC. It's turned off because it's annoying. I'm > running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. > >Guess I should add you to my list of suspect emailers :-) > >-- >Regards, >Mike Fry >Johannesburg (g) > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
