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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I stand corrected! That's a lot worse then I thought.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

This is more or less what I was getting at. Windows UAC triggers so often with no context that's its really just an annoying popup to most users. You need to pass the same UAC prompts to installing Excel as to install a root kit or a compromised software package.