Vista's UAC warnings can hide a rat, Symantec says

21.02.2007

Symantec has regularly slammed Vista's security provisions -- including a public spat over the 64-bit version's new kernel-protection technology, dubbed "PatchGuard." Last month, Symantec executives talked up research it was doing on UAC, which may result in software to give users more control over how frequently Vista pops up the alerts.

Whitehouse denied that there was any connection between his research and possible UAC-related product plans.