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
16:24 To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ? Has anybody recently seen Sophos Antivirus ("Endpoint Security") disabling User Account control in Windows 7? Many computers here suddenly have UAC off, and my research points to Sophos installer/updater

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

[NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ?

2017-03-10 Thread Klaus Hartnegg
Has anybody recently seen Sophos Antivirus ("Endpoint Security") disabling User Account control in Windows 7? 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