Program Names govern admin rights in Vista?

Vikingod · Apr 23, 2007, 02:19 PM

Source: The Reg
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Developers have discovered that the name given to a Vista executable affects whether or not it will require admin rights to run.

Security experts said the feature might seem odd, but helps to catch out spyware.

Reg Reader Mike, a C++ developer, discovered the behaviour after spending days trying to work out why just some of his projects required elevation (admin rights) to be run on his Windows Vista machine. To his disbelief, Mike realised that the different properties were simply due to projects being named differently.

bug77 · Apr 23, 2007, 03:12 PM

This is just pathetic.
You can't just look at a filename to see if it is an installer. You need to look at what it does. 'Heuristic', ha!

Apr 23, 2007, 02:19 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Program Names govern admin rights in Vista? Source: The Reg ___________ Developers have discovered that the name given to a Vista executable affects whether or not it will require admin rights to run. Security experts said the feature might seem odd, but helps to catch out spyware. Reg Reader Mike, a C++ developer, discovered the behaviour after spending days trying to work out why just some of his projects required elevation (admin rights) to be run on his Windows Vista machine. To his disbelief, Mike realised that the different properties were simply due to projects being named differently.

Apr 23, 2007, 03:12 PM	#2
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	This is just pathetic. You can't just look at a filename to see if it is an installer. You need to look at what it does. 'Heuristic', ha!